Latvian Auxiliary Police

Latvian Auxiliary Police
Members of the Latvian SD Police assemble a group of Jewish women for execution on a beach near Liepaja, December 15, 1941.
Active	from July 1941
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Engagements	Holocaust in Latvia, Anti-partisan operations in Belarus
Commanders
Notable commanders	Roberts Blūzmanis

Latvian Auxiliary Police was a paramilitary force created from Latvian volunteers and conscripts by the Nazi German authorities who occupied the country in June/July 1941. It was part of the Schutzmannschaft (Shuma), native police forces organized by the Germans in occupied territories and subordinated to the Order Police (Ordnungspolizei; Orpo). Some units of the Latvian auxiliary police were involved in the Holocaust.

In addition to regular stationary police (patrolmen in cities and towns), 30 police battalions were formed. These mobile groups carried out guard duties of strategic objects or building fortifications, participated in anti-partisan operations and fought on the Eastern Front.