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The Hilfspolizei (HiPo or Hipo; meaning "auxiliary police") was a short-lived auxiliary police force in Nazi Germany in 1933. The term was later semi-officially used for various auxiliary organizations subordinated to the Ordnungspolizei as well as various military and paramilitary units set up during World War II in German-occupied Europe.
Some German states maintain auxiliary police forces under different denominations, depending on the state's legislation. In most auxiliary forces, the officers are armed with pepper spray , in some forces with the regular equipment of professional police officers.
The Schutzmannschaft, or Auxiliary Police (lit. "protection team"; plural: Schutzmannschaften, [nb 1] abbreviated as Schuma) was the collaborationist auxiliary police of native policemen serving in those areas of the Soviet Union and the Baltic states occupied by Nazi Germany during World War II.
German paramilitary police forces, called Hilfspolizei or Schutzmannschaft, were raised during World War II and were the collaborationist auxiliary police battalions of locally recruited police, which were created to fight the resistance during World War II mostly in occupied Eastern European countries. Hilfspolizei refers also to German ...
Freiwilliger Polizeidienst (Voluntary Police Service): auxiliary police force in the states of Baden-Württemberg and Hesse; Sicherheitspartner (Security Partner): auxiliary police force in the state of Brandenburg; Sicherheitswacht (Security Watch): auxiliary police force in the states of Bavaria and Saxony
These police forces are intended to maintain or establish public security and order throughout their assigned territories. At present auxiliary police services exist in the states of Baden-Württemberg, Brandenburg, Bavaria, Hesse and Saxony; each under the supervision of the responsible state police force. The establishment of a voluntary ...
Estonian Auxiliary Police (Estonian: Eesti kaitsepataljonid, Eesti politseipataljonid, German: Estnische Hilfspolizei) was Estonian auxiliary police forces unit that were trained to be capable of being paramilitary police for bandenbekämpfung, combat operations, counterinsurgency, crowd control, internal security, rear security (rearguard), and support military operation.
Freiwilliger Polizeidienst: Auxiliary police force, only in the states of Baden-Württemberg and Hesse; Sicherheitspartner: Auxiliary police force, only in the state of Brandenburg; Sicherheitswacht: Auxiliary police force, only in the states of Bavaria and Saxony; Justiz: Penitentiary police; Car of the Stadtpolizei in Frankfurt. in Bavaria solely