Schutzmannschaft Battalion 202

[2] Consequently, the Germans resorted to conscripting members from the regular Polish city police, known as Einheimische Polizei.

[5] During its formation, the battalion was stationed in Kraków on Michałowskiego Street (renamed Luxemburgstrasse under German occupation).

The members were equipped with green uniforms of the Ordnungspolizei (Orpo) and issued Mauser 98 rifles before being transferred to occupied Eastern Poland.

At one point, the conscripted auxiliary police in occupied Eastern Poland included 5,000–12,000 Ukrainians and 2,000–2,200 Poles, who were often forced into opposition against each other.

[1] Identified by Grzegorz Motyka as the Polnisches Schutzmannschaftsbataillon 202,[6] the unit, upon transfer to Volhynia and Podolia, became subordinate to the German Schutzpolizei.

As a result, the Germans resorted to forcibly drafting professional members of the Blue Police from the city, which severely depleted the force crucial for combating property crimes and common banditry that had escalated following the 1939 invasion of Poland.