Welcome
to Blue Knights Maine Chapter II's web page. Our chapter was
chartered by Blue Knights International on March 1, 1975. We
were the fourth chapter chartered. There are now over five
hundred chapters internationally. In the early days we drew
members from Southern, Western and Central Maine. ME-1, the
first chapter, covered Eastern and Northern Maine. We had
members from Waterville, Kittery, Rockland/Camden, Rumford
and the Portland areas. At one point we have over one
hundred members.
Since 1975 five chapters have been formed in that vast area. There
are no officially assigned areas but generally the Maine
chapters are aligned as follows. Maine V is in
York County, Maine VI is in Androscoggin County, ME-VII is
in the Lincoln, Knox and Waldo County area. ME-IX is in
Southern Cumberland/Northern York County. ME-II covers
Cumberland and Sagadahoc Counties. Blue Knight membership is
not restricted to a particular area. One can live in
California and belong to a chapter in Maine.
The strength of Blue Knights is its membership. They come from
all branches of Law Enforcement. Our chapter has members who
are local police, city police, sheriff deputies, military
police, troopers, and retired officers. Our chapter
President is a patrol officer with the Scarborough Police,
our Vice President is a retired Navy Military Police dog
handler and our Secretary/Treasurer is a retired state
trooper. Our Board of Directors is made up of a Master At
Arms (Navy Military Police), a Freeport police officer, and
a retired Kennebunk Police Officer. Our past president is a
motor officer with the Falmouth Police Department.Our members
are from Maine, Massachusetts, Florida
(wintertime) and Arizona. We ride dressers and sport bikes.
There is no differentiation about the make or size of your
motorcycle. We share a love for motorcycling and work in law
enforcement.
We are a small (fifteen members) group that does a lot of fun
things. Besides the obvious motorcycle riding we have had
out side cook outs in July and in the snow in January. We
have had sleep overs at a campground in March. We have a
chapter meeting once a month. In the "non riding"
season we meet at each others homes for "pot luck"
dinners. One meeting, hosted by our past president, was
called a mystery dinner and you had to be there to
understand the fun. We hold two fund-raisers each year. A
scenic ride/poker run in August and a dance in October.
The proceeds from these fund-raisers are
donated to Camp Sunshine for Children. We have hosted
regional conference meetings where over two hundred Blue
Knights from all over visited us. In May 2004 we hosted the Spring
Conference meeting in Portland and will host it again in May 2005.
In past years we hosted an event called "The
Quest" that was the best attended event in the
Northeast. For several years our chapter was the lead unit
in the annual Maine Day parade in the Lewiston/Auburn area.
If
you are a (federal, military, state, county or municipal)
sworn police officer, corrections officer or retired, we
would like you to consider joining us. FMI contact our
chapter secretary whose name, phone number, and email
address are listed on another page.
Thank
you for visiting our web page.
