LP2: Contributing to interviews being conducted separate by the CP staff and the LE investigator was that the child fatality occurred after hours, where a (Washington County) contracted after hours CP crisis response staff responded to the hospital where law enforcement was at the time. The after-hours crisis response protocol met the mandate in Statute for 24/7 CP coverage and DHS guidance around 24/7 coverage, and was the local agencies developed and established protocol for reports that come in to CP after hours and require an immediate/24 hour response in order to meet face to face timeline. The role of the after-hours staff was to respond and observe the victim child, assess safety and risk, and develop a safety plan with the non-offending caregiver. It was not to coordinate a joint investigation with law enforcement. The after-hours staff documented the face to face contact with the alleged victim child, and the decision making that went into the developed safety plan with the non-offending parent for the daytime CP investigator to review when assigned to the case in the morning.