Jim Gordon

James Gordon was the commissioner of the Gotham City Police Department. He often partnered with Batman and the two aided each other in ridding Gotham from criminals. At first, James didn't trust Batman but he eventually came to trust him and the two are close friends.

Biography
Gordon regards Batman as a rumor at best and a vigilante at worst, though, by the end of the film, he and Gotham City's citizens publicly acknowledged his usefulness, and received from him the gift of the Batsignal.

In the sequels, Gordon played only a minimal role compared to his role in other media, but was shown to completely trust Batman and publicly defended him. Gordon even appeared to doubt Batman's involvement in the kidnapping of the Ice Princess in Batman Returns, and tried to stop the GCPD from shooting him.

Although Barbara Gordon is his daughter, or niece depending on which version, in the comics, in the last Schumacher film of the series, Batman & Robin, her name was changed to Barbara Wilson and she was Alfred Pennyworth's niece. There were no known women in Gordon's life in that series, although his wife appeared with him at the party that Bruce Wayne hosted at Wayne Manor and Poison Ivy seduced him, which caused him to gave in, and he gave her the keys to Gotham City Police Headquarters in Batman & Robin.