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Interested in
becoming a member? If you meet the qualifications listed below, we
would enjoy having you join the best Blue Knights Chapter in the Rio
Grande Conference!
The sign up information and applications are at
the bottom of this page.
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 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.
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 have any further questions please contact us
by email with any questions at:
Blue Knights Texas 21
APPLICATION FOR
MEMBERSHIP
If you would like to join there are two applications
you will need to fill out, one is for our local Chapter Texas 21, and the
other is for International. You can fill out the Texas 21
application on line, and then click on "Submit" at the bottom to send it
electronically or you can print it out and mail it with the
International application. You will need to print out
the International application and then fill it out by hand, the mail it to
us. Sorry but, this application is not available online at this
time. Our membership dues are $43.00 per
year and that includes both Local and International dues. These dues are
prorated on a monthly basis. We now accept PayPal for our
membership fees or you can mail cash, check or money order to us.
If you don't have a PayPal account, no problem! We are set up for
1 time purchases also through PayPal. To correctly determine the amount of dues to be
sent with your application, CLICK
HERE If you choose not to use PayPal,
just mail in the appropriate amount of dues along with your
International application to:
Blue Knights Texas 21
P.O. Box 313
Waxahachie, TX 75168
Click
HERE
to fill out and submit our
Texas 21 online application
Click
HERE
to print the International application to be filled out and mailed.
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Special Discount!
(For current members only)
1 year Membership Before
December 1st $38.00 |
1 Year
Membership After December 1st $43.00 |
1 Year Membership Starting January $43.00 |
Membership Dues Starting February $41.50 |
Membership Dues Starting March $40.00 |
Membership Dues Starting April $33.50 |
Membership Dues Starting May $32.00 |
Membership Dues Starting June $30.50 |
Membership Dues Starting July $24.00 |
Membership Dues Starting August $22.50 |
Membership Dues Starting September $21.00 |
1 Year Membership Starting October $43.00 |
1 Year Membership Starting November $43.00 |
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