The Bowling Green Police Department hopes to haul out the Hogs within a month, pending approval from the City Commission. Thanks to a deal with local businessman Cornelius Martin, whose Martin Management Group owns Harley-Davidson of Bowling Green, city officers may soon be riding in style astride 2004 Road Kings. Martin will lease the department four of the newest Road King police models for $1 per year, and the motorcycles will be traded in to the dealership for newer models at the years end. The proposal will go before the City Commission for a vote on Tuesday. I look at it as an opportunity, City Commissioner Alan Palmer said. I think its a great partnership between government and private business, and we appreciate the opportunity to utilize what is perceived as a very fine product. I am not sure I see any downside to this one.Talks first began between the department and Martin Management Group in mid-December to bring the motorcycle unit to Bowling Green for the first time in 30 years. The Road King police models have an off-white color with extra-comfortable seating, and are equipped with sirens and blue lights.Police Chief Bill Waltrip said the department will not hire new officers for the job, but will instead train existing patrol officers and sergeants. The department will foot the bill for helmets, maintenance and any other related costs. Waltrip said no general fund money would be used, but the extra costs will be met by money forfeited by arrestees during drug-related incidents. We could not afford to buy Harleys or even lease them at what would normally be the lease price, Waltrip said. A lot of the equipment will be just a one-time cost.The motorcycle unit will patrol parks, parades and any other situation that would lend itself to the mobility that motorcycles would provide, Waltrip said. He added that the motorcycle unit will also be used for traffic enforcement such as radar checks of speeding vehicles.Martin could not be reached for comment, but Jay Culberson, operations director at Harley-Davidson-Bowling Green, called the deal a good, positive experience.I think it makes the police department seem a little less threatening and a little more friendly when they are on Harley-Davidsons, he said. And I think it sheds a positive light on us also.