Police Regiment Radom was formed on 4 November 1939. Under its control were four police
battalions (
Polizei-Bataillon); one battalion from Police Group 1 (
Polizeigruppe 1) and three from Police Group 2. Its battalions rotated in and out, but it maintained its strength at four battalions until another was assigned in October 1940.
The invasion of Russia in June 1941 created a need for rear-area security units on the
Eastern Front and Police Regiment Radom provided some of these. When the 24th Police Regiment was formed on 9 July 1942, it not have been by redesignating Police Regiment Radom as the regimental headquarters was not formed until 21 April 1943, although it fits in the 22–25 sequence allotted to the four police regiments based in Poland. At any rate, I and II Battalions were formed by redesignating Police Battalions
83 and
133 in the
District of Galicia.
Police Battalion 93 in
Slovenia was redesignated as III Battalion, but this was strictly nominal as it remained in Slovenia until it was transferred as
Marseille, France, as a part of
Police Regiment Griese in January 1943. It was replaced by redesignating I Battalion of the
23rd SS Police Regiment. All of the police regiments were retitled as SS police units on 24 February. The regiment was transferred to
Belarus in May 1943 and was reformed in mid-November 1944 after having been destroyed during
Operation Bagration. ==Notes==