The uniqueness of the Israeli model is twofold: (1) Neighborhood Police Officers are focusing more on 'community' noncriminal matters and thus are involved in 'uniformed social work' more than their peers elsewhere; (2) a written contract between the two agencies was formulated to include operative steps for improving cooperation between the professionals in the respective agencies and an ethical clause to maintain exchange of information. The model emerged to accommodate the decision by the Israel police to deploy Neighborhood Police Officers to better reach the community and as a result of studies reporting the positive impact of this new role on the community and police officers. The author found that the university provided a natural background for materializing this cooperative model through serving as an intermediary between the two agencies. Initial assessments of the setting are very encouraging. (Publisher abstract)