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.
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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.
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