Blue Knights International Law Enforcement Motorcycle Club, Inc.

Blue Knights - New York IV
Greater Rochester, NY and Genesee Valley Area
Ride With Pride
CHAPTER OFFICERS
In an effort to help you better know who NY IV is, below is a short bio on our current Chapter Officers.
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President Patrick Andrews - From Williamson, NY, Patrick is a long time NYS Corrections Officer who spends much of his work time teaching at DOC's academy.  Patrick joined the BK in 2002 and was a casual member for a short time not realizing the full meaning of the BK until his only daughter passed away at a young age from a rare blood disease. The outpouring from the chapter and the large turn-out of our escort team to assist with the funeral, showed Patrick and his wife Jill just how much of a family we are.  Patrick is now one of our most passionate members offering his assistance with anything we wish to do.

Vice President Stan Knutowicz -  Stan has been with New York IV since 2004 and is one of our most active members both at the chapter level and traveling to out-of-area BK functions.  He resides in Walworth, NY with his wife who is also a local Police Officer and has been a Peace Officer/Sergeant for Monroe Community College since 2001.  Stan has also held several local part-time police positions but now is the newly appointed Chief of Police for Sodus Point, NY, a major summer resort community.

Secretary & Webmaster Don Parker - Don, the senior Chapter member, lives in Perry, NY. He retired in 2005 from the Village of Perry Police after 24 years and is now a Wyoming County Sheriff's Deputy.   A Blue Knight since 1989, he served 10 years as NY IV's President and one year each as Director, Treasurer and VP.  Don has also formerly served as the NY State Representative to the Tri-State Conference and Secretary to the International Board of Governors. Don is the founder and webmaster of this site.
Treasurer Gregg Lang - Gregg is a New York State Trooper from Rochester, NY. Gregg has been a Trooper since 1996 and is currently a member of the Bureau of Criminal Investigations (BCI).  Gregg joined the Blue Knights in June of 2005, a short time after meeting our chapter during a funeral escort for the daughter of one of our members.  Since joining the Blue Knights, Gregg has been a very active member. Currently he is the only non-retired NYS Trooper in our ranks but we trust that his participation will encourage others to join.

Past President  Peter Henry -  From Chili, NY, Pete is our Immediate Past President. He was formerly VP and a Director and has been a Blue Knight since 2001. Pete is a retired Police Sergeant with the Village of Avon, NY Police where our Chapter holds it's meetings and participates in nearly every ride. Pete is also an active Volunteer Fire Chief and a true asset to our organization.

Director  Dave Rouse - Dave has been a Blue Knight since 2005 but has been a police officer since 1981.  Dave has served in nearly every PO position there is over his career and is the current Chief of Police in Bath, NY where he lives.  Since joining the chapter, Dave has been instrumental in bringing in many new members from his area and participates in nearly every local BK function. Dave says that his motorcycle is his primary escape from the daily BS of 30 years of police work.

Director Scott Murphy - Scott is from Attica, NY and retired from the US Dept of Homeland Security. Scott's most recent assignment was with the Federal Detention Facility in Batavia, NY.  Scott served 30 years in Federal Law Enforcement and joined the Blue Knights in 2004. Since then he has become a very active member of the chapter.

Director John Strong - John "JJ" Strong is the newest members of our Board of Directors. From Fairport, NY, JJ is a retired 30 year veteran of the Rochester Police Department where he served over 15 years on the Traffic Motorcycle Unit and even was on the Mounted Unit.  JJ currently works for a large Rochester area wholesale supply distrubutor and has been a Blue Knight since 2004. JJ has been an avid rider with his wife Joanne since 1971 then they purchased their first bike, a Triumph 650 Bonneville.

ADDITIONAL APPOINTED OFFICERS:

Safety Officer Arnie Bennigsohn, retired Monroe Co Sheriff
Quartermaster Bruce Lockhart, retired Rochester PD
Chaplin Mike Quinn, retired Wyoming Co Sheriff
Chapter Photographers Rich Koehn and Scott Murphy
NOTE: Ride Captains and Sgt at Arms are selected for each individual event or need.

These are just a few of the dedicated members that make up NY IV.
But there is so much good that can be said about each and every Chapter member.  However, time and space does not provide for us listing a bio for each member.  It will suffice to say that NY IV has the best and most active members that any organization could ask for and we thank them all for making us who we are.