Georgia Tech getting new police chief

GREENVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA - East Carolina University&#39;s police chief is leaving to lead the police force at Georgia Tech. <br> <br> Teresa Crocker will step down at the end of the year to begin her new job January 6th as police chief at the Georgia Institute of Technology. <br> <br> The 44-year-old Crocker has been East Carolina University&#39;s public safety department chief for the past nine years. She also was an officer and chief at North Carolina State University for 12 years. <br> <br> She says Georgia Tech is ``one of the better schools in the country. It&#39;s just a perfect fit.&#39;&#39; <br> <br> Georgia Tech hired a national search committee to recruit for the position, which has been vacant since the summer. Crocker replaces Jack Vickery, who retired. <br> <br> Crocker will be responsible for protecting nearly 16,000 students and approximately six thousand faculty and staff on a campus of than 350 acres.