THE PRIMARY INTENT OF THE FUNDING AGENCY, COMMUNITY, AND THE UNIVERSITY WAS TO DETERMINE IF A CONCEPT IN POLICE-SOCIAL WORK INTERPROFESSIONAL COOPERATION WHICH HAD PROVEN SUCCESSFUL IN TWO MIDDLE CLASS WHITE SUBURBAN COMMUNITIES AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS (WHEATON AND NILES) OF APPROXIMATELY 30,000 POPULATION WAS TRANSFERABLE TO MAYWOOD, AND POLICE DEPARTMENT OF SIMILAR SIZE WITH LARGE MINORITY GROUP (50 PERCENT BLACK AND 4 PERCENT LATINO) WORKING CLASS (36 PERCENT) AND MIDDLE CLASS (27 PERCENT) POPULATIONS. THE OBJECTIVES OF THE WHEATON-NILES AND MAYWOOD PROJECTS COULD BE GROUPED INTO THREE MAJOR CLASSIFICATIONS: DIRECT SERVICES, INTERRELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POLICE AND SOCIAL WORKERS, AND RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY. THIS ARTICLE COMPARES THE FUNDING, PLANNING, MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT, AND PROJECT METHODS OF THE TWO PROJECTS, CONCENTRATING ON THE MAYWOOD EXPERIENCES. THE MAYWOOD PROJECT PROVIDED SERVICES TO LARGER NUMBERS OF BLACKS AND OTHER MINORITIES IN THE COMMUNITY AND DEALT MORE WITH FAMILY, MARITAL, AND MENTAL HEALTH RELATED PROBLEMS THAN DID THE WHEATON-NILES PROGRAM. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)...ELW