NRS-23832 | Charge books [Barooga 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 Barooga 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 although 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》（Police Rules）正式确立留存指控登记簿（Charge books）的义务，用于记录针对囚犯的指控、指控性质、被指控者姓名以及囚犯财物相关信息。(1)本系列馆藏涵盖巴鲁古警察局（Barooga Police Station）的指控登记簿。
与指控相关的详细条目内容包括：指控编号；逮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，涵盖姓名、住址、出生日期及地点、身高、职业、国籍；犯罪性质简要概述；举报人（通常为执勤警员）的全名及住址；囚犯随身查获的财物以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、现金或担保金额以及保释单据回执编号；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，包括治安法官姓名及处理日期；以及备注栏内容（通常为释放详情或转监情况）。
总体而言，随时间推移，条目内容逐渐趋于简略，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规范；搜查囚犯的警员签名要求；逮捕未成年人时需标注的特殊细节；指控被驳回时站警长的履职要求；关押于牢房的囚犯分类标准；醉酒驾驶指控案件的处理流程；需出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，指控相关条目开始采用年度单编号格式，年份可标注于单编号之前或之后（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”开始的卷册编号。
1990年至1994年间，纸质指控登记簿逐步被在线系统取代。1994年正式启用警务计算机化行动系统（COPS system, Computerised Operational Policing System），此前的过渡系统为在线指控记录系统（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：《警察规则》第360-361条及第369条，引自《新南威尔士政府公报》1862年3月1日第49号，第498-499页。