Ernest Miller took it upon himself to follow up on an article in the LA Times which included a claim by the Toronto Sex Crimes Unit that "all but one of the offenders they have arrested in the last four years was a hard-core Trekkie." Ernest's initial reaction: "Seemed rather unlikely to me... So, I called the Child Exploitation Section of the Toronto Sex Crimes Unit and spoke to Det. Ian Lamond, who was familiar with the LA Times article..."

He continues: "They've arrested well over one hundred people over the past four years and Det. Lamond claims they can gauge this interest in Star Trek by the arrestees' 'paraphenalia, books, videotapes and DVDs.' I asked if this wasn't simply a general interest in science fiction and fantasy, such as Star Wars or Harry Potter or similar. Paraphrasing his answer, he said, while there was sometimes other science fiction and fantasy paraphenalia, Star Trek was the most consistent and when he referred to a majority of the arrestees being Star Trek fans, it was Star Trek specific..."

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