NRS-11254 | Charge books [Collarenebri Police Station]

Police Rules of 1862 introduced the obligation to keep Charge books to record charges against prisoners, the nature of the charges, the names of those charged as well as any prisoner's property. (1)This series consists of Charge books from the Collarenebri Police Station.Details pertaining to the charge itself included: the charge number; the date and hour of both the apprehension and the recording of the charge in the Charge book; personal details of the person being charged including name, address, date and place of birth, height, calling/occupation, and nationality; a short summary of the nature of the offence; the full name and address of the informant (usually the constable); any property found on the prisoner and the prisoner's property book reference number; signatures of the watch house keeper / Station Sergeant and the searching Constable; name of apprehending officer; signature of prosecutor; if the prisoner was bailed (date and hour, by whose order, amount of cash or surety, and bail form receipt number); if not bailed, the date and time of discharge from cells; how the case was disposed of including date and name of magistrate; and any remarks (usually details of discharge or if sent to another prison).In general entries became less detailed over time but the format of the entries and the type of information collected remained similar.From around 1950 annual single numbers began to be used for entries relating to charges though the year may have been recorded either before or after the single number (eg. 42/ 1, 2/54 or 87/3). From around the 1980s charge books for each police station were given volume numbers from 1 onwards, in chronological order.Hardcopy charge books were gradually replaced by online systems between approximately 1990 and 1994. The COPS system (Computerised Operational Policing System) was introduced in 1994, preceded by the Online Charging records system (1990-1995), an interim system used as a back-up for the implementation of COPS.Endnote1. Police Rules, Nos. 360-361 and 369, NSW Government Gazette No.49, 1 March 1862, pp.498-499.

1862年《警察规则》规定了保留指控登记册（Charge books）的义务，需记录针对囚犯的指控、指控性质、被指控者姓名及囚犯财物情况。(1)本系列包含科拉雷内布里警察局（Collarenebri Police Station）的指控登记册。指控相关详情具体包括：指控编号；逮捕时间及在指控登记册中记录指控的时间；被指控者的个人信息（姓名、地址、出生日期及地点、身高、职业、国籍）；犯罪性质简述；举报人（通常为警员）的全名及地址；囚犯随身财物及囚犯财物登记册参考编号；看守所管理员/警署警长与搜查警员的签名；逮捕警官姓名；检察官签名；若囚犯获得保释，则需记录保释日期及时间、批准主体、保释金或担保人金额、保释单收据编号；未保释情况下的牢房释放日期及时间；案件处理结果（含裁判官姓名及日期）；备注（通常为释放详情或转往其他监狱的情况）。

一般而言，随着时间推移，记录内容的详细程度有所降低，但记录格式及收集的信息类型保持一致。

约自1950年起，指控相关记录开始采用年度单一编号，年份可标注于编号之前或之后（例如42/1、2/54或87/3）。

约自1980年代起，各警察局的指控登记册按时间顺序分配从1开始的卷号。

1990年至1994年间，纸质指控登记册逐步被在线系统取代。1994年引入了COPS系统（Computerised Operational Policing System），此前（1990-1995年）使用的在线指控记录系统（Online Charging records system）为临时系统，作为COPS实施过程中的备份支持。

尾注1：《警察规则》第360-361条及第369条，新南威尔士州政府公报（NSW Government Gazette）第49期，1862年3月1日，第498-499页。