The regiment was formed in July 1942 in
Russia from
Police Battalion 305,
Police Battalion 306 and
Police Battalion 310 which were redesignated as the regiment's first through third
battalions, respectively. Between 29 October and 1 November, 10 Company of the Third Battalion helped to liquidate the ghetto in
Pinsk,
Belarus, killing an estimated 20,000 Jews. I Battalion was redesignated as III Battalion of the
16th Police Regiment later in the year and was later replaced by II Battalion of the
28th Police Regiment from Norway. The regiment was ordered to be rebuilt in Norway on 29 March 1943 with the survivors consolidated into I and II Battalions. III Battalion was intended to be the redesignated IV Battalion of the
27th SS Police Regiment, but I Battalion of the 27th Regiment was ultimately used instead. In July the headquarters and I Battalion were garrisoned in
Sarpsborg, II Battalion was in
Mysen and III Battalion was stationed in
Bergen. The regiment was transferred to Italy in late 1943 with the headquarters stationed in
Vercelli, I Battalion in
Turin, II Battalion garrisoned in
Milan and III Battalion located in
Trieste. It was later reinforced by an
anti-tank company and a
rocket-launcher battery. The unit controlled two ethnic SS Police units, the
SS Police Regiment Bozen and the
SS Police Regiment Brixen engaged in
security warfare in Italy. ==War crimes==