The Blue Knights started in April 1974, when a small group of Bangor-Brewer, Maine, Law Enforcement officers organized a local recreational motorcycle club. In following years the organization mushroomed into an International Motorcycle Club with chapters in the United States, Canada, Australia, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Sweden, Belgium, England, Switzerland and the Netherlands. The Blue Knights have been very active throughout these countries on fund-raising projects such as Heart Fund, Cystic Fibrosis, Ronald McDonald House, children's wards in hospitals, Nursing Homes. Abused Women and Children, Handicapped Children's Camps, Cerebral Palsy and many other Charities too numerous to mention. The Blue Knights joins law enforcement personnel around the world in a fraternal organization which includes federal, state, provincial, county and local police; all of whom enjoy recreational motorcycling. The Club is dedicated to improving the motorcycling image, promote safety and promote motorcycling as a family recreation, and just having fun.

If you are wondering what makes the Blue Knights so special, perhaps the following will 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 law enforcement but also the 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 yet.) Riding with the Ladies of the Knights who give that added family-touch. Going to handicapped children's camps, giving the kids rides and having fun with them.

Being a Blue Knight is all this and much more. If you are interested in our group and would like to know more about us, call:

Blue Knights International Law Enforcement Motorcycle Club, Inc.

International Headquarters

38 Alden Street

Bangor, Maine 04401

Phone: (207)947-4600

Fax: (207) 947-5814

Who Qualifies for membership?

1 .All full-time Law Enforcement Officers with statutory powers of arrest and licensed to operate a motorcycle.

2. Retired full-time Law Enforcement Officers. (Retired by reason of age, years of service, or disability).

3.All part-time Law Enforcement Officers with statutory powers of arrest and licensed to operate a motorcycle.

4. Retired part-time Law Enforcement Officers who have been employed for at least fifteen years as such and have been a Blue Knight for five years or more. (Retired by reason of age, years of service, or disability).

5. All members must own a motorcycle or plan to purchase a motorcycle within six months of becoming a member.

 E-mail us!