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Speaker 1: Now joining me live in the studio from the Northern

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Speaker 1: Territory Police. It is Commander Danny Bacon.

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Speaker 2: Good morning to you Mondy.

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Speaker 1: Now, Danny, I thought we'd done our last interview last

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Speaker 1: time you're on because I go and leave on Friday

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Speaker 1: and you're due to retire. But we got the dates

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Speaker 1: clearly mixed.

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Speaker 2: Up or I did a bit of both, a bit

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Speaker 2: of both.

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Speaker 1: Well, we're glad to have you back in the studio mate,

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Speaker 1: and look, it has unfortunately been a busy time for

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Speaker 1: Northern Territory Police in the Darwin region, which is your

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Speaker 1: area of command. I might just ask you firstly about

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Speaker 1: this situation on Monday. I believe it was that the

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Speaker 1: Northern Territory Police have now charged a man well with

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Speaker 1: sorry I've gone to the wrong one, with trying to

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Speaker 1: lure a child into a car.

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Speaker 2: Is that right, that's correct.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, So basically he's from what I can gather, this

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Speaker 1: twenty eight year old man's been arrested that was a

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Speaker 1: little earlier in the week and charge with procuring a

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Speaker 1: child under sixteen years of age. I'm just sorry, I've

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Speaker 1: got myself mixed up in between a couple of pressure

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Speaker 1: releases here, but tried to coax him to get into

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Speaker 1: his four wheel drive station wagon.

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Speaker 2: That's correct. It was Wednesday last week. The matters reported

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Speaker 2: as reported by the youth himself. So credit for the

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Speaker 2: youth certainly coming forward. It was amazing. But yes, Wednesday

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Speaker 2: last week, he was approached on an adult male that was

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Speaker 2: not known to him in a park in my Lac

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Speaker 2: the mile. Through the efforts of the boy declining and

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Speaker 2: rapporting to an adult immediately, we're able to identify the offender.

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Speaker 2: He was able to be arrested. He was a twenty

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Speaker 2: eight year old man, as I said, not known to

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Speaker 2: the youth at all, and he's been charged with engaging

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Speaker 2: conductive of cure sixth activity of a child under sixteen

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Speaker 2: and he was arrestling Marlin Cussy appear in local court.

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Speaker 1: And well done to the Northern Territory Police on being

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Speaker 1: able to apprehend this. I'll say it creep now, but

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Speaker 1: well done to that young child as well to actually

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Speaker 1: have the courage I guess to be able to report

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Speaker 1: detail that you guys are then able to go out

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Speaker 1: and getting.

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Speaker 2: One hundred percent the courage of the youths themselves is

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Speaker 2: just amazing. You know, knew what to do about stranger danger,

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Speaker 2: reporting describing the individual, the vehicle location, you know, all

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Speaker 2: that information led to a very quick apprehension and certainly

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Speaker 2: credit the officers themselves that worked around the clock to

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Speaker 2: make sure that we remove this person from our streets done.

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Speaker 1: It a bit of a reminder to our kids so

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Speaker 1: as well about stranger danger most definitely.

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Speaker 2: You know, stranger dangers is certainly tought across our schools

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Speaker 2: as well. Do not go with any stranger that you

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Speaker 2: do not know. You know, so be very aware of

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Speaker 2: your circumstance, your surrounds and if in doubt, with your

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Speaker 2: mum and dad or your guardian or speak to police.

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Speaker 1: Now on Monday as well, then the Northern Territory Police

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Speaker 1: charge a man with child abuse offenses. Now this was

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Speaker 1: from over the weekend. Police will allege that a thirty

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Speaker 1: seven year old man abused a thirteen year old girl

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Speaker 1: who was known to him multiple times on Saturday, the

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Speaker 1: fourteenth of December at a residence in Darwin.

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Speaker 2: That's correct, then it's absolutely discussing behavior. I think the

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Speaker 2: sub Mattak is in charge of the domestic violes the

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Speaker 2: unit themselves, you know, put out a release in that way.

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Speaker 2: So he again commend the brave conduct of the young

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Speaker 2: allowing quickly to remove this offender from the community, put

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Speaker 2: in before the courts as well. So I use this

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Speaker 2: as an opportunity as well, you know, for your listeners

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Speaker 2: to cody there. If any member of the public at

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Speaker 2: all feels that, you know, people have crossed inappropriate line,

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Speaker 2: or they feel the threat to or they feel you know,

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Speaker 2: contact police of a child abuse exploitation called crime Stoppers

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Speaker 2: or speak to somebody as well.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, good advice. Now, on Monday, the Northern Territory

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Speaker 1: Police were calling for information in relation to a crime

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Speaker 1: it kicked off as I understand, about nine forty pm.

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Speaker 1: Police had received reports that a group of six unknown

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Speaker 1: They've been involved in a whole raft of things by

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Speaker 2: And what I will say is that police were able

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Speaker 2: to apprehend all those individuals later that morning, every single

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Speaker 2: one of those youth, they were youth. We're all apprehended

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Speaker 2: and all were placed before the court. Behavior was atrocious

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Speaker 2: across the board. One of those youths themselves, he's a

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Speaker 2: thirteen year old youth. He was on bail and he

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Speaker 2: used a machete to assault a fourteen year old youth.

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Speaker 2: So he was apprehended and he was placed before the court.

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Speaker 2: The other males involved in the series offending as well.

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Speaker 2: You're looking at two fourteen year olds, a fifteen, sixteen,

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Speaker 2: on bail. So though we were able to apprehend them

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Speaker 2: relatively quickly, and again i'd shout out to the victims.

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Speaker 2: Obviously I went through a stressful situation offending themselves, but

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Speaker 2: also the police themselves and able to apprehend all those

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Speaker 1: So essentially, this whole group that's gone on what many

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Speaker 1: would describe my words, not yours a crime page, are

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Speaker 2: Yes they were, Caddie.

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Speaker 1: Is that frustrating for the Northern Territory Police. Be careful

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Speaker 1: what you're saying.

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Speaker 2: It's probably it is for some of the officers working there.

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Speaker 2: Bail is a legitimate outcome from a court pending. So

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Speaker 2: some people are on bail for a good reason. But

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Speaker 2: bail is a chance to remain at liberty whilst your

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Speaker 2: matters are being determined for a court. And unfortunately we

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Speaker 2: have some people in our community that choose to take

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Speaker 1: Well, look, it's another look. I don't want to make

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Speaker 1: it a political thing for you, Donny, because obviously you

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Speaker 1: are an operational police officer. But I will say from

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Speaker 1: if you ask me at this point in time. Now

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Speaker 1: they're my words. So there does need to be a

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Speaker 1: a lot of our listeners will have opinions on that.

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Speaker 1: But Commander, let's move along, because there's been a lot

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Speaker 1: That was a sorry, no, I've already we've already covered

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Speaker 1: that bit off. No, I did confuse you there. I

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Speaker 2: Well, there certainly was behavior and makes a suspicious fire

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Speaker 2: that was reporter fire in the underground car park in

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Speaker 2: We were also asking for any person that was in

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Speaker 2: five pm on Monday the sixteen December. If they have

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Speaker 1: Hey, before I let you go, I also know the

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Speaker 1: Northern Territory Police arrested a woman in relation to an

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Speaker 1: a domestic violence incident. The Joint Emergency Communications Center receiving

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Speaker 1: John Ambulance attended and located the forty seven year old

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Speaker 1: of disgraceful domestic violence that we're saying in the Northern Territory.

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Speaker 2: It certainly is Cuddy. As I've say you every week,

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Speaker 2: I want to hear, domestic violence is the scourge in

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Speaker 2: say that we had seventy jobs last night across the

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Speaker 2: sad for me to say that was a very low number,

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Speaker 2: because seventy jobs is significant amount in anyone's term, but

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Speaker 2: that they are significant matters across their community, and every

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Speaker 2: effort to report matters of domestic violence will certainly go

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Speaker 1: Now, Commander, before we let you go, we are indeed,

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Speaker 1: you know, Christmas is upon us. We are going to

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Speaker 1: traditionally a time where we do see people get behind

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Speaker 1: drugs and wind up in pretty dangerous situations. What's your

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Speaker 2: Advice is to take responsibility. Certainly infestive season, everyone lets

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Speaker 2: their hair down if they have hair, but take self

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Speaker 2: responsibility because it's not just about yourself, it's about people

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Speaker 2: in your vehicle, it's about other passions on the roadway.

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Speaker 2: You know, we've lost fifty eight lives this year so far.

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Speaker 2: You know, it's fifty eight families you no longer have

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Speaker 2: a loved one, you know, within their family, immediate family environment.

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Speaker 2: Last year we had thirty this time last year, so

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Speaker 2: certainly a significant rise in itself. Do the right thing, uber,

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Speaker 2: Taxi walk, sober Bob. They are very easy, very easy

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Speaker 2: to do. So be responsible not just for yourself, but

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Speaker 2: be selfish. Yeah, our old with our goal with our

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Speaker 2: road safety campaign is to test everybody in the community.

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Speaker 2: So we hope we do meet you over Christmas. We

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Speaker 2: really do on our roadways because we want to test

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Speaker 2: you to make sure that you're doing the right thing,

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Speaker 2: not just by yourself but other road users in the community.

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Speaker 2: And we do wish you a very happy and safe

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Speaker 2: Christmas and by just being responsible in space you'll have one.

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Speaker 1: Well. The Merry Christmas to you as well, Commander Dunny Bacon,

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Speaker 1: and a big thank you for all of your time

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Speaker 1: throughout the year. One last farewell before you go on

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Speaker 1: on leave and then of course retire.

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Speaker 2: You never know I might sneak back for way you.

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Speaker 1: Might, so let's not get too excited. Dunny Bacon, thank you.

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Speaker 1: Always good to catch up with you.

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Speaker 2: Thank you very much, Katie