NRS-11332 | Charge books [Dee Why 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 Dee Why 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.The inside cover of each volume has a list of the more important instructions that each station sergeant was required to follow when entering charges in the book. The instructions specified: completion of fingerprint information forms; the signature of the Constable searching the prisoner; special particulars required when juveniles are arrested; the duties of the Station Sergeant when a charge is refused; the classification of prisoners when placed in the cells; procedures to be followed when persons have been charged with driving under the influence of alcohol; cases in which conviction reports are prescribed; instructions as to how entries are to be set out; and procedures to follow on the arrest of foreign nationals.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年颁布的《警察规程》（Police Rules）首次规定必须留存指控登记簿（Charge books），用于记录针对囚犯的指控事项、指控性质、被指控者姓名，以及任何囚犯的随身财物。
本系列馆藏包含迪伊怀警察局（Dee Why Police Station）的指控登记簿。其中与指控相关的详细信息包括：指控编号；逮捕时间、指控录入登记簿的时刻；被指控人的个人详情，涵盖姓名、住址、出生日期与地点、身高、职业、国籍；犯罪性质简要说明；举报人（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编号；看守所管理员/站警长与搜查警员的签名；逮捕警员姓名；检察官签名；若囚犯获得保释，需记录保释日期与时刻、保释下令者、保释金金额或担保方式，以及保释单收据编号；若未获保释，则需记录从牢房释放的日期与时间；案件处置结果，包括审理日期及治安法官姓名；以及备注信息（通常为释放详情或转监情况）。
总体而言，随时间推移，登记条目愈发简略，但条目格式与收集的信息类型始终保持一致。每卷卷宗的内封页均列有站警长在录入指控信息时需遵循的重要指令清单，具体包括：指纹信息表格的填写要求；搜查警员的签名规范；逮捕未成年人时需记录的特殊信息；指控被驳回时站警长的职责；囚犯入牢房后的分类标准；针对醉酒驾驶指控案件的处理流程；需开具定罪报告的案件情形；条目排版规范；以及逮捕外籍人士时的操作流程。
约自1950年起，指控条目开始使用年度单序号编号，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簿开始按时间顺序依次赋予卷号，从1号开始编排。
纸质指控登记簿在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），用于在COPS部署期间作为备份系统。
1. 《警察规程》第360-361、369条，新南威尔士州政府公报（NSW Government Gazette）第49号，1862年3月1日，第498-499页。