James Hazlett BEM

Died

23 April 1986

Age

Rank

Inspector

Force

Royal Ulster Constabulary

Cause

Homicide - Shot

Duty Status

Off Duty

Circumstances

Whilst out walking his dog in the early hours of the morning Insp. Hazlett was shot by terrorist gunmen who opened fire from a wooded area opposite his home. Insp. Hazlett joined the RUC in 1950 and had been assigned to Dundrum in Co. Down before he was transferred to Belfast. He was later promoted to Inspector in Downpatrick, his hometown.

Shot and killed while walking his dog in the early hours of the morning, when terrorist gunmen opened fire from a wooded area opposite his home in Bryansford Road, Newcastle, County Down.

He joined the RUC in 1950 and had been assigned to Dundrum in County Down before being transferred to Belfast. He was later promoted to Inspector in Downpatrick, his hometown.