達呂格性格殘忍無情的事實不僅體現於其參與謀害前衝鋒隊同僚一事,更表現在他對任何被視為社會威脅者的態度上。他認為國家「若欲避免完全的道德淪喪」,那麼「有意識自行與社會隔絕的人們(德語稱『Volksfeinde』,意為人民公敵)」應由公權力介入加以根除[14]。美國歷史學家喬治·布羅德(德语:George C. Browder)表示「達呂格聲稱在其領導下,警政機構的警官訓練均特別融入了國家社會主義思想」,而這項變革很大程度上是透過將納粹意識形態奉為主流思想所達成的[15]。
1936年,德國警政系統重組;先前由已有名無實的邦政府所履行的行政職務名義上改由帝國內政部控制,但實際上係由希姆萊所領導的親衛隊接管[18]。與此同時,達呂格撰寫並出版了《國家社會主義打擊犯罪的困境》(National-sozialistischer Kampf gegen das Verbrechertum)一書[12]。同年間,希姆萊指派達呂格擔任秩序警察總長;這項任命給了後者納粹德國境內幾乎所有警政單位的指揮權 [19][20]。他擔任秩序警察總長至1943年下半年止,並於任內晉升至親衛隊最高集團領袖與警察大將。至1939年8月時,在達呂格領導下的秩序警察規模已成長至120,000名現役人員[21]。
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^"Vortrag ueber die Deutsche Ordnungspolizei, Gehalten am 2. September 1940," T580 (Captured German Documents Microfilmed at the Berlin Document Center. Collection of the National Archives)/Roll 96. Cited from: Edward B. Westermann, "Friend and Helper: German uniformed police operations in Poland and the general government, 1939–1941", The Journal of Military History 58 no.4 (Oct 1994): 643.
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