Azrael is more of a vigilante, actually. There was a short time in the Knightfall Saga where he was the bad guy, but later on he went back to being a vigilante in his own series.
Which was called Azrael the Agent of the Bat. I haven't read it yet because it never got collected in any format, but since it is called the Agent of the Bat, i am pretty sure he was back to being a member of the Batfamily as ''The Agent of The Bat'' name indicates.
And yeah, i will get the Azrael Statue, if it makes it to the local stores around here. Azrael.