Blue Police
Blue Police, more correctly translated as Navy-Blue Police (Template:Lang-pl, name originating from the colour of their uniforms) was the popular name of collaborationist Polish police in General Government during Second World War. It was created by the Germans as an auxiliary paramilitary unit with the goal of executing law and order in the occupied Poland.
In 1939 General Governor Hans Frank ordered mobilization of the pre-war Polish police to the German service. The 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 Polish Jewish population. The Blue Police had no autonomy and all of its high ranking officers came from the ranks of German police (Kriminalpolizei).
About 30% of the police personnel belonged to Polish underground resistance organization Armia Krajowa.[citation needed] Similar police organizations existed in the all occupied countries.
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