NRS-11886 | Charge books [Taree 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 Taree 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.The series includes the Taree Police Station Beat Police Charge book 02/08/1995 - 10/08/1996.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《警务条例》（Police Rules）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由、指控性质、被指控者姓名及囚犯所持有的全部财物。(1) 本数据集系列包含塔里警察局（Taree Police Station）的指控登记簿。
指控本身的相关细节涵盖：指控编号；拘捕及将指控录入登记簿的日期与时刻；被指控者的个人信息，包括姓名、住址、出生日期及地点、身高、职业、国籍；犯罪行为的简要说明；举报人的全名与住址（通常为执勤警员）；囚犯随身查获的财物及囚犯财物簿的参考编号；看守所管理员（watch house keeper）与搜查警员的签名；拘捕警官姓名；检察官签名；若囚犯获得保释，需记录保释日期与时刻、保释命令签发主体、保释金金额或担保人信息，以及保释单据编号；若未获保释，则需记录从牢房释放的日期与时间；案件处置结果，包括治安法官姓名及处置日期；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，随时间推移，登记条目内容逐渐趋于简化，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警署警长（Station Sergeant）在录入指控信息时需遵循的核心工作指令。这些指令包括：指纹信息表格的填写规范；搜查囚犯的警员签名要求；逮捕青少年时需补充记录的特殊信息；指控被驳回时警署警长的职责；囚犯收押至牢房时的分类标准；针对醉酒驾驶指控者的处理流程；需出具定罪报告的案件范围；条目排版的统一规范；以及逮捕外籍人士时的操作流程。
约自1950年起，指控相关条目开始使用年度单序号进行标识，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赋予从1开始的卷号。本数据集系列包含塔里警察局1995年8月2日至1996年8月10日的巡逻警员指控登记簿（Taree Police Station Beat Police Charge book 02/08/1995 - 10/08/1996）。
纸质指控登记簿约于1990至1994年间逐步被在线警务系统取代。1994年，计算机化警务操作系统（Computerised Operational Policing System, COPS）正式上线，其前身是1990至1995年运行的在线指控记录系统（Online Charging records system），该临时系统用于为COPS系统的部署提供支撑。
注释1：《警务条例》第360-361条及第369条，载于《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。