NRS-11324 | Charge books [Dapto 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 Dapto 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《警察条例》（Police Rules of 1862）规定，需留存指控登记册（Charge books），用于记录针对在押人员的指控内容、指控性质、被指控人姓名以及该在押人员的财物情况。(1) 本数据集涵盖达普托警察局（Dapto Police Station）的指控登记册。

登记册内与指控相关的详细信息包括：指控编号；逮捕时间、指控录入登记册的具体时刻；被指控人的个人详情，涵盖姓名、住址、出生日期及地点、身高、职业、国籍；犯罪行为性质的简要概述；举报人（通常为执勤警员）的全名及住址；在押人员随身查获的财物以及该在押人员财物的登记册参考编号；看守所管理员/站警的签名与搜查警员的签名；逮捕警官姓名；检察官签名；若在押人员获准保释，则需记录保释日期与时刻、保释命令签发主体、保释金金额或担保人情况，以及保释单据收据编号；若未获保释，则需记录从羁押牢房释放的日期与时刻；案件处置结果，包括裁判官姓名及处置日期；以及备注信息（通常为释放详情或是否被移送至其他监狱）。

总体而言，登记条目随时间推移愈发简略，但条目格式与收集的信息类型仍保持一致。约自1950年起，指控相关的条目开始采用年度单序号编号，年份可标注在单序号之前或之后（例如42/1、2/54或87/3）。

约自20世纪80年代起，各警察局的指控登记册开始按时间顺序从1起赋予卷号。

纸质指控登记册于1990年至1994年间逐步被在线系统取代。1994年，计算机化警务操作系统（COPS, Computerised Operational Policing System）正式启用，此前的过渡系统为在线指控记录系统（1990-1995），该系统作为COPS部署期间的备份工具使用。

尾注1. 1862年3月1日新南威尔士州（New South Wales）政府公报第49号，第498-499页，《警察条例》第360-361及369条。