About the Blue Knights®

The BLUE KNIGHTS® is a non-profit fraternal organization consisting of active and retired law enforcement men & women who enjoy riding motorcycles. In the spring of 1974, several law enforcement officers from the Bangor, Maine (USA) area met and formed a small, local motorcycle club. The rest, as they say, is history. With the addition of Blue Knight chapters in Canada, Australia, and Europe, the Blue Knights had become an international organization. As of September, 2008, we have 606 chapters and almost 20,000 members in 29 countries.

According to the By-Laws, our purposes and goals are to:

· Provide for the mutual assistance, enjoyment, entertainment, education, physical, mental and social benefit of its members and the general public.

· To promote and advance the sport of motorcycling and the safety of motorcycling.

· To serve the interests of motorcycle owners and users.

· To promote by example and any other acceptable means, safe use, operation and enjoyment of motorcycles.

· To develop a fraternal spirit between law enforcement personnel and the general public.

Many Blue Knights® work long and hard to raise money for various charities. Here in the UK we pay particular attention to helping COPS (Care of Police Survivors), a charity dedicated to caring for the families of police officers killed in the line of duty; each Chapter may also raise funds for locally based charities – in 2011 the Wales 1 Chapter raised over £1,000 for the Severn Area Rescue Association (SARA). In 2012 we will be raising fund for the Tŷ Hafan Children’s Hospice in Barry, South Wales