NRS-23184 | Charge books [Sydney Vice Squad Criminal Investigation Branch]

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 Sydney Vice Squad, Criminal Investigation Branch.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《警察规程》（Police Rules of 1862）首次规定需留存指控登记簿（Charge books），用以记录针对囚犯的指控事项、指控性质、被指控者姓名以及囚犯的随身财物。(1) 本数据集系列包含悉尼风化警察队（Sydney Vice Squad）、刑事调查部（Criminal Investigation Branch）的指控登记簿。其中所载与指控相关的详细信息包括：指控编号、逮捕的日期与时间，以及指控登记至登记簿的日期与时间、被指控者的个人详情（含姓名、住址、出生日期与地点、身高、职业/行当、国籍）、犯罪性质简要概述、线人（通常为警员）的全名与住址、囚犯随身查获财物及囚犯财物登记簿参考编号、看守所看守员/站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，则需记录保释日期与时间、保释下令主体、保释金金额或担保方式、保释单据编号；若未获保释，则需记录从牢房释放的日期与时间；案件处理结果（含治安法官姓名与处理日期）以及备注信息（通常为释放详情或移送至其他监狱的情况）。
总体而言，随时间推移，登记簿条目愈发简略，但条目格式与收集的信息类型仍保持一致。约自1950年起，指控相关条目开始采用年度单序号编号，年份可标注于单序号之前或之后（例如42/1、2/54或87/3）。约自20世纪80年代起，各警局的指控登记簿开始按时间顺序赋予从“1”开始的卷号。
纸质指控登记簿约在1990年至1994年间逐步被线上系统取代。1994年正式启用计算机化警务作业系统（COPS, Computerised Operational Policing System），此前的过渡系统为线上指控记录系统（Online Charging records system，1990-1995），该系统作为COPS上线前的备份工具投入使用。
注释1. 《警察规程》第360-361、369条，载于《新南威尔士政府公报（NSW Government Gazette）》第49号，1862年3月1日，第498-499页。