The 11th SS Police Regiment (SS-Polizei-Regiment 11) was initially named the Police Regiment for Special Employment (Polizei-Regiment zbV) when it was formed around the beginning of 1942 from existing Order Police (Ordnungspolizei) units for security duties on the Eastern Front.

The regiment was formed around the beginning of 1942[1] under the command of Lieutenant Colonel of Police (Oberstleutenant der Schutzpolizei) Hans Griep[2][Note 1] in the eastern Ukraine and subordinated to Gerret Korsemann, Higher SS and Police Leader For Special Employment.

[5] In late June, the 10th Police Panzer Company equipped with two platoons of ex-French Panhard 178 armored cars was attached to the regiment in Russia.

Instead of joining the regiment in Russia, it was ordered to Croatia on 20 November where it remained for the rest of the war.

The 10th Company was detached from the regiment in September and withdrawn to Vienna for reequipment.