5th SS Police Regiment

For another regiment with the same name, see 14th_Waffen_Grenadier_Division_of_the_SS_(1st_Galician) § Huta Pieniacka.
5th SS Police Regiment
Country Nazi Germany
BranchSchutzstaffel
TypeSecurity
SizeRegiment
Garrison/HQWehrkreis XVII

The 5th SS Police Regiment (German: SS-Polizei-Regiment 5) was initially named the 5th Police Regiment (Polizei-Regiment 5) when it was formed in 1942 from existing Order Police (Ordnungspolizei) units for security duties in Occupied Serbia. It was redesignated as an SS unit in early 1943. The regiment was disbanded at the end of 1944.