A POLICE officer who spent all his holidays in Tavistock has been promoted to sector commander in the force. Inspector Nic Crocker, who is now Minehead?s top officer, spent much of his youth with his grandparents, Mr and Mrs W Crocker, during school holidays in Tavistock, and gained his first job in the town, at NatWest Bank. Insp Crocker?s attachment to the area has always been strong, with his father, Garth, living and working in Tavistock, before moving to London to work for the BBC. His mother, Eleanor, grew up in Gunnislake, and worked in the village post office. Insp Crocker always maintained he would join the force and after gaining a degree in policing and sociology he became a special constable before moving into the drug squad, and later becoming a CID detective. Insp Crocker?s latest promotion is probably his most satisfying, according to his father, Garth: ?He (Nic) says one of the big attractions of his new post is the similarity between Minehead and Tavistock ? a small town in a moorland setting?. Having been in the police for 19 years, Insp Crocker is still enthusiastic about his job, and preventing crime, as well as encouraging community involvement. He lives in Minehead, with his wife, Jane, formerly Jane Berthon, who attended Tavistock College, and his two children, Abigail who is 13, and ten-year-old Tegan. Despite working in an area with low levels of crime, Insp Crocker is adamant about what he wants to achieve: ?Among the issues I want to address are the ways the police communicate locally, helping people to better understand their prospects of becoming a victim and what they can do to reduce that low likelihood still further?.