You're right, he does. In the original TV series Robin's bulge became such a problem that the National Legion of Decency got involved. Burt Ward the actor who played Robin devotes quite a few pages in his autobiography talking about his bulge and suggests Adam West (Batman) was indeed envious...
And this was 20 years ago before the citing of stretched resources was not such an issue. Their attitude is going a long way to creating a vigilante mentality. Soon people will just totally bypass the police to get justice. The irony is if your son had done such a thing and exacted his own...