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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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
Persons who have been 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 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.
A person may also qualify for Associate membership as
per Section 1, paragraph 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.
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. HONORARY 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 HONORARY 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 a
chapter
near you or our
International Headquarters.
An application for membership may be
downloaded at
http://blueknights.org/bkapp07.pdf
Correctional Officers with statutory arrest powers are
invited to join our great organization.
For the men and women having no powers of arrest, but
employed in the Corrections field we
would like to recommend the
PRIDE Motorcycle Club.
Last Updated:
Tuesday, August 28, 2007 10:10 PM |
