SS and Police Leader
The title of SS and Police Leader (German: SS- und Polizeiführer) designated a senior Nazi Party official who commanded various components of the Schutzstaffel (SS) and the Ordnungspolizei (Orpo; regular uniformed police), before and during World War II in the German Reich proper and in the occupied territories. == Levels == Three levels of subordination were established for holders of this title: SS and Police Leader (SS- und Polizeiführer, SSPF) Higher SS and Police Leader (Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer, HSSPF) Supreme SS and Police Leader (Höchster SS- und Polizeiführer, HöSSPF) == Establishment == The office of Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer (Higher SS and Police Leader, HSSPF) was authorized by a decree of 13 November 1937, signed by Reich Interior Minister Wilhelm Frick.