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Navy-Blue Police (Template:Lang-pl, nick-named after the colour of their uniforms) was the popular name of collaborationist Polish police in General Government during Second World War.

The General Governor Hans Frank ordered mobilization of the pre-war Polish police to the German service . The Navy-Blue police consisted primarily of Poles and Ukrainians, mostly in the Eastern parts of General Government. It was initially used to deal with criminal activities, but later also against goods smuggling and in certain measures against the Jewish population. The Navy-Blue police had not its own command, was controlled by German police (Kriminalpolizei), yet they had no means of executing law and order in the occupied country.

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 '''Navy-Blue Police''' ({{lang-pl|Granatowa policja}}, nick-named after the colour of their uniforms) was the popular name of [[collaborationism|collaborationist]] Polish [[police]] in [[General Government]] during [[Second World War]].
-The General Governor [[Hans Frank]] ordered mobilization of the pre-war Polish police to the German service <!--when ?-->. The Navy-Blue Police consisted mostly of Poles and Ukrainians, mostly in the Eastern parts of General Government. They were primarily used to deal with criminal activities, but were later also used in combating smuggling and in measures against the Jewish population. They were also used as a auxiliary units for the [[Gestapo]] and [[Kripo]], yet they had no means of executing law and order in the occupied country.
+The General Governor [[Hans Frank]] ordered mobilization of the pre-war Polish police to the German service <!--when ?-->. The Navy-Blue police consisted primarily of Poles and Ukrainians, mostly in the Eastern parts of General Government. It was initially used to deal with criminal activities, but later also against goods smuggling and in certain measures against the Jewish population. The Navy-Blue police had not its own command, was controlled by German police ([[Kriminalpolizei]]), yet they had no means of executing law and order in the occupied country.
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