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Law enforcement in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia was conducted by several agencies established by the Czechoslovak Republic, control of which was transferred to the government of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia following the German occupation of the Czech lands and the creation of the Slovak Republic. Over time, these agencies were consolidated and reorganized according to the German model. German military and civil authorities also played a significant role in law enforcement within the protectorate.
At various points during the occupation, German authorities expressed frustration with non-cooperation by the Protectorate's law enforcement services, including instances of their covert coordination with anti-occupation resistance movements, and confrontations between Czech police and off-duty German soldiers over the treatment of Jews. At the same time, Protectorate Police exhibited a level of zeal in enforcement of discriminatory laws against communists and Roma that surprised even the Germans. And, the Protectorate's Gendarmerie played a supporting role during the Lidice massacre.
Protectorate police fought on the side of the Czech resistance during the Prague Uprising and ultimately arrested State President Emil Hácha.