MEMBERSHIP QUALIFICATIONS
Briefly, to qualify for membership you must:
1.
Be an active full or part time law
enforcement officer with powers of
arrest.
2. Be
employed by a governmental agency
and receive monetary compensation,
or be a retired or disabled former
law enforcement officer.
3.
Possess a valid license to operate a
motorcycle.
4.
Own a motorcycle or plan to purchase one within six months
MEMBERSHIP CLASSIFICATIONS
1. REGULAR MEMBERS
1. All regular members must be persons
who are full time (32 hours per week
minimum) employees of a governmental
law enforcement agency or
department. Such employment
must be the primary source of
employment of all Regular members.
All Regular members must have arrest
authority.
2. Persons receiving disability
income or job reclassification due
to injuries received while engaged
in law enforcement employment or who
are receiving retirement income for
full-time employment as herein
defined, by a governmental law
enforcement agency or department are
eligible for Regular membership
although they are not presently
employed by such a law enforcement
agency or department.
3. Persons who have served twenty
(20) years or more and have been a
Blue Knight for one (1) year or
more, who have taken a retirement
option and who have taken a
separation from law enforcement
employment, under honorable
circumstances, and will at some time
receive retirement income for
full-time employment, as
herein defined, by a government law
enforcement agency or department are
eligible for Regular membership
although they are not presently
employed by such a law enforcement
agency or department. The
person must provide letters of proof
of honorary separation from all
departments.
4.
Persons who are presently
Regular members for one (1) year or
more and who have fifteen (15) years
or more with a law enforcement
agency or department who have for
any honorable circumstance, taken a
separation from an agency or
department are eligible for
Associate membership although they
may not be employed by a law
enforcement agency or department.
The person must provide letters of
proof of honorable separation from
all departments.
5.
Persons who are presently
Regular members for five (5) years
or more and who have served ten (10)
years or more with a law enforcement
agency, who have for any honorable
circumstance, taken a separation
from their agency are eligible for
Associate membership although they
may not be employed by a law
enforcement agency or department.
The person must provide proof
of honorable separation.
6.
Each Regular member must be
properly licensed to drive a
motorcycle by the State or Province
in which he resides and must own a
motorcycle, excepting, however, that
persons who otherwise qualify as
Regular members, but do not own
motorcycles, may become members if
they have plans to own a motorcycle
and do in fact acquire ownership
rights in a motorcycle within six
(6) months of their acceptance as
members.
7.
Any Regular member who because
of an injury or medical or physical
condition is unable to continue
riding a motorcycle, may retain
his/her membership as a regular
member.
2. ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
1. All Associate members must be
persons who are employed on a part
time basis (less than 32 hours per
week, minimum 10 hours per year) by
a governmental law enforcement
agency or department and receiving
monetary compensation for such
employment. All Associate
members must have arrest authority.
Any Associate member on May 24, 1983
shall have the right to continue as
an Associate member if he meets all
other requirements.
2. Persons who have been employed
on a part time basis (less than 32
hours per week, minimum 96 hours per
year) by a governmental law
enforcement agency or department for
fifteen (15) years or more and have
been a Blue Knight for five (5)
years or more who have taken an
honorable separation from his/her
law enforcement agency or department
(reasons - health, retirement, age,
or injury) are eligible for
Associate membership although they
may not be employed by any law
enforcement agency or department,
and are not receiving retirement
compensation. They must
provide letters of proof of
honorable separation.
3. A person may also qualify for
Associate membership as per Section
1, paragraph 4.
4. Each Associate member must be
properly licensed to drive a
motorcycle by the State or Province
in which he resides and must own a
motorcycle, excepting however, that
persons who otherwise qualify as
Associate members, but do not own
motorcycles, may become members if
they have plans to own a motorcycle
and do in fact acquire ownership
rights in a motorcycle within six
(6) months of their acceptance as a
member.
5. Any Associate member who
because of an injury or medical or
physical condition is unable to
continue riding a motorcycle, may
retain his/her membership as an
Associate member.
3. HONOURARY MEMBERS
Honorary members must be persons
who have substantially contributed
to the promotion of the Corporation
and to the purposes for which the
corporation is organized.
Honorary membership in any given
chapter may not exceed more than ten
percent (10%) of the previous year's
membership of Regular, Associate and
Life members.
4. LIFE MEMBERS
Life members are restricted to the
Founding Fathers of the
International and Past international
Presidents in good standing.
Life members are not obligated to be
a member of a chapter.
5. SPECIAL HONOURARY
MEMBERS
Special honorary membership may be
granted to an ordained member of a
recognized religious order for the
position of chapter Chaplain.
This is limited to one (1) per
chapter and will not effect the
chapter's ten percent (10%)
honorary limit.
If you
feel that you qualify and would like
more information or an application
to become a member of the world's
largest and best motorcycle club for
law enforcement officers contact
Steve McDermott our Membership
Coordinator.
To download an
application for membership
CLICK HERE.
Benefits of Knighthood
It is difficult stating what makes
the Blue Knights so special. Perhaps
the following will help explain the
kinds of feelings that flow when a
bunch of motorcycle-riding police
officers get together.
Knighthood is:
-
Enjoying the company of
different people who share not
only the common bond of a career
in law enforcement, but also a
love of motorcycles.
-
Being able to visit your friends
in any of our member countries
and be treated like family.
-
Receiving get-well cards from
people you've never met. (There
are no strangers in the Blue
Knights, only friends you
haven't met.)
-
Riding with the Ladies of the
Knights and Little Knights who
give that added family touch.
-
Going to handicapped children's
camps, giving the kids rides and
seeing the smiles on their
faces.
-
Various fund-raising activities
for those less fortunate...
Being a Blue Knight is all this and
much, much more.
