10th SS Police Regiment

The 10th SS Police Regiment (SS-Polizei-Regiment 10) was initially named the 10th Police Regiment (Polizei-Regiment 10) when it was formed in 1942 by the redesignation of Police Regiment South (Polizei-Regiment Süd) for security duties on the Eastern Front. It was redesignated as an SS unit in early 1943, but it never became part of the Waffen-SS, and retained its existing organization and strength.

Formation and organization
The regiment was ordered formed in July 1942 in Southern Russia from Police Regiment South. Police Battalion 45 (Polizei-Batallion 45), Police Battalion 303 and Police Battalion 314 were redesignated as the regiment's first through third battalions, respectively. All of the police regiments were redesignated as SS police units on 24 February 1943, but this was strictly honorary. In July 1944, the regiment was stationed in Eastern Italy and Slovenia on anti-partisan duties and it had been reinforced by an artillery battery and a cavalry squadron.