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Overview
This page is for developers starting work on Custodian.
An online portal for solicitors to search for, and view custody records. The records pull directly from Niche.
How the team works
Work is tracked as user stories on the product board, built on a branch, and released through pull request, staging, and product-owner approval.
- Agile and Kanban
- Gitflow and releases — branch from master as
feature/,bugfix/, orusername/; open a pull request; do not commit straight to master - User stories
- Definition of done — including cross-browser checks and WCAG 2.1 AA
What you need
- Git
- The .NET SDK version named in the repository (Visual Studio or Rider)
- Access to this product’s Azure resources for the environment you are changing
- Secrets and environment files from 1Password (do not commit them)
Hosting
Azure
Tech stack
.Net Core C#
Repositories
Not listed yet. Ask the development team lead which repository to clone.
Run it locally
Repositories are not listed on the product page yet, so there is no clone list here.
If the README is still the empty Azure DevOps template, ask the development team lead before guessing at connection strings or secrets.
Environments
Use staging to check a change before it is promoted. Production is the live service.
- Staging: staging.avonandsomerset.police.uk/custody-tracker
- Production: avonandsomerset.police.uk/custody-tracker
Who to ask
- Business Lead: Colin Ainsworth
- Sallyanne Parry — Product Owner
- Christian King -- Development Team Lead
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Published 28 September 2026
Last updated 28 September 2026