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Alpha testing

Test plan

Run each check in the city on build v22b and record what you saw. Your result replaces your earlier one for this build; everyone's results show next to each check.

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Police and courts

Run it as one story: a ticket, an arrest, a lawyer, a hearing, a sentence. Staff give out the court, District Attorney and Public Defender jobs; anyone can take the private lawyer job at the agency.

  1. Expected: F9 opens the police tablet; Clock in works from its lock screen

    Not tested on this build yet.

  2. Expected: ALT on a citizen > Issue citation: pick the charge, set the fine with the slider; the citizen gets Yes/No. Yes signs it, No sends it to court

    Not tested on this build yet.

  3. Expected: Cuff and escort with ALT, drive to NCPD HQ; ALT > Book (at HQ) opens the Booking tab with the suspect filled in; tick charges, write the report, Book. Suspect lands in the cell

    Not tested on this build yet.

  4. Expected: Refused, with a message saying it only works at HQ

    Not tested on this build yet.

  5. Expected: Seized items go on the case's shelf; E at the evidence locker logs, signs out and returns items; the tablet's Evidence tab shows who held what

    Not tested on this build yet.

  6. Expected: ALT on a witness > Take statement; the witness writes it on their own screen

    Not tested on this build yet.

  7. Expected: E at the wall phone makes the one call; F asks for a lawyer and pages the Public Defender

    Not tested on this build yet.

  8. Expected: Public Defender takes the case in the Justice terminal and visits (E in the visiting room); a private lawyer offers representation with ALT and the client accepts with Yes

    Not tested on this build yet.

  9. Expected: Judge: F9 or E at the bench opens the Justice terminal; take the case, open the session, arraign; plea; bail, release or remand

    Not tested on this build yet.

  10. Expected: A held misdemeanour gets the automated magistrate's plea offer after 10 minutes; a felony is released with a court date after 40 minutes

    Not tested on this build yet.

  11. Expected: DA offers in the terminal; the defendant accepts in the phone's Justice app; it's approved automatically after 5 minutes if no judge acts

    Not tested on this build yet.

  12. Expected: Schedule a hearing with the time picker; show exhibits; a verdict on each charge; sentence stays inside the range and time served comes off

    Not tested on this build yet.

  13. Expected: Fine payable on the phone; cell time counts only while online; community service by pressing E at the map spot; the firearms licence can't be bought again for 7 days

    Not tested on this build yet.

  14. Expected: Filed in the phone's Justice app within 72 hours; a different judge decides

    Not tested on this build yet.

  15. Expected: The case shows on nightcore.apservers.com/court; parties see filings; a sealed case shows only its number to the public

    Not tested on this build yet.

  16. Expected: Staff test on a throwaway character: the judge who passed the sentence can't co-sign it. Don't wait out the 72 hours

    Not tested on this build yet.

  17. Expected: An NCPD call nobody takes stays on the map for 20 minutes; once a unit takes it, it stays until cleared. The MDT Dispatch tab has Take, GPS, Drop and Clear

    Not tested on this build yet.

  18. Expected: A traffic collision call stays put until officers arrive, even 10 minutes later

    Not tested on this build yet.

  19. Expected: Opening the MDT before clocking in shows the Off Duty screen with a Clock in button, never a blank page

    Not tested on this build yet.

  20. Automated sentence (v21)

    v21staff only

    Expected: A guilty case no judge sentences gets the minimum sentence after 24 h; it can be appealed; never a death sentence

    Not tested on this build yet.

  21. Staff on the bench (v21)

    v21staff only

    Expected: An admin opens the Justice terminal and Sit on the bench; acts show "(staff bench)"; can't judge a case they prosecute, defend or arrested on

    Not tested on this build yet.

  22. Arrest on a warrant (v21)

    v21needs 2 testers

    Expected: Booking tab lists the suspect's open warrants and unpaid fines; Arrest on CR-… attaches the booking to that case

    Not tested on this build yet.

  23. Settle a fine at booking (v21)

    v21needs 2 testers

    Expected: Settle the fine: the suspect picks pay now, serve it in the cell, or community service on their own screen

    Not tested on this build yet.

  24. Expected: Phone > Justice > Petition to clear this record on a closed misdemeanour after 14 clean days; a judge decides, or it's decided on the rules after 72 h; cleared lines vanish from the MDT

    Not tested on this build yet.

  25. Bail for someone else (v21)

    v21needs 2 testers

    Expected: Phone > Justice > Post bail for someone (by case number), or at the court clerk; the payer confirms on their screen and gets their money back when bail is refunded

    Not tested on this build yet.

  26. Expected: The judge's Modify the sentence lowers cell time, fine or tasks (never raises), with written reasons on the public docket

    Not tested on this build yet.

  27. Quit while cuffed (v21)

    v21needs 2 testers

    Expected: Quitting while cuffed adds a fled-custody record; back within 3 minutes and re-cuffed within 10 drops the warrant, otherwise it goes live

    Not tested on this build yet.

  28. Expected: Taking a cuffed suspect out of a vehicle keeps them cuffed

    Not tested on this build yet.

  29. Two sentences (v21)

    v21staff only

    Expected: Two cell sentences are served one after the other, each ending on its own

    Not tested on this build yet.