THE PURPOSE OF THIS SURVEY WAS TO DETERMINE TO WHAT DEGREE THERE IS AN ISOLATION EFFECT WITH RESPECT TO THE POLICE WHICH TENDS TO RESULT IN INTERAGENCY UNDER-UTILIZATION OF EXISTING INFORMATION AND TO DELINEATE THE KINDS AND TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONAL BASES WHICH MIGHT EXIST FOR FORMAL AND INFORMAL CONTACT BETWEEN POLICE AND NON-POLICE AGENCIES. ALSO STUDIED WERE THE RATE, TYPES AND KINDS OF COMMUNICATION WHICH OCCURS BETWEEN THE POLICE AND OTHER PUBLIC MUNICIPAL AGENCIES. THE MAJOR DATA GATHERING TECHNIQUE UTILIZED WAS A SERIES OF INTERVIEWS WITH OFFICIALS IN METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENTS, PLANNING DEPARTMENTS, AND OTHER CITY AGENCIES. THE CITIES STUDIED WERE CHICAGO, LOS ANGELES, DETROIT, AND NEW ORLEANS. FINDINGS WERE DISCUSSED IN TERMS OF CURRENT INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL CONTACT AND COORDINATION, POLICE ISOLATION, POLICE PARTICIPATION IN NON-POLICE FUNCTIONS, AND THE ROLE OF THE POLICE IN GENERAL CITY PLANNING. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)