[That gets him prickly, and immediately, he's slipping back into Batman mode. His expression and voice are harder.]

This isn't the police department's fault, Rorschach. Listen to these people. They stayed when things went to hell, and they're still here trying to save a city most other people probably would have given up on. Gotham isn't beyond saving, and they know it, and it's my job to make sure they know other people know it too. And I need your help to do that.