Contributing to interviews being conducted separate by the child protection staff and the law enforcement investigator was that the child fatality occurred after hours, where a contracted after hours child protection crisis response staff responded to the hospital where law enforcement was at the time. 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. The after- hours crisis response protocol met the local agencies developed and established protocol for reports that come in to child protection after hours, Department of Human Services guidance around 24/7 coverage, and mandate in Statute for 24/7 child protection coverage, that require an immediate/24 hour response in order to meet face to face timeline. The role of the crisis response staff was not to coordinate a joint investigation with law enforcement. The role of after-hours staff was to document the face to face contact with the alleged victim child, and to develop a safety plan, making safety plan decisions with the non-offending parent for the daytime child protection investigator to review and follow up with the family when assigned to the case the next day in the morning. 
 Statutory language in 626.556 allows child protection to use law enforcement's investigative data in their child protection investigation. Collaboration between law enforcement and child protection occurred in the days after immediate response to the child death. Child protection and law enforcement exchanged information they each had learned in their separate interviews conducted. Because child protection interviews take more time when a child death occurs, a sensitive approach is used. Priority is given to the trauma the non-offending caregiver is experiencing, and the same priority is given when making contact with collateral contacts. The broader topics covered in child protection interviews required to complete the child protection investigation are perceived as not being efficient or beneficial for the purpose of law enforcement's investigation. There is a perception that child protection's purpose and role is different than law enforcement's purpose and role at the time of first response to a child death, in addition to each work disciplines role and purpose that occurs the next day and thereafter following the immediate response. Law Enforcement's role is to take the lead in the child death investigation the moment a child death is learned. Law enforcement's purpose is to seek evidence to understand what happened and who committed the crime and time is of the essence to ensure public safety.