LP 1-In high profile cases such as this one that surface in the media it is common practice within the agency that supervisors and staff are instructed by program managers to “just waitâ€ and to not do anything immediately with the case.

Minnesota State Statute 626.556 Subd. 10 (b) (5) also allows agencies to defer to LE during the course of child fatality investigations and also allows the use of their interviews and information to supplement their CP investigations when fatalities occur. As a result, agency staff indicated that during child protection investigations involving fatalities, they rely heavily on law enforcement's investigation, including the utilization of their interviews.