If people being held and questioned at Homan Square are actually charged, they are transferred to another station to be fingerprinted and photographed — usually the Harrison District a few blocks away. However, Homan Square is not any more of an off-the-books location than any other facility, said one investigator who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk. Since police reports are generated on computers there, detainees are effectively put "in the system" as soon as the officer opens a computer file on an incident.