Carl Hallbrook

Carl Hallbrook is a Lecturer at Staffordshire University within the School of Health, Education, Policing and Sciences, leveraging thirty years of operational experience from West Midlands Police to teach Global Leadership, Policing, and Criminology with practical insights into criminal investigations, Taser deployment, and programme management.

His academic credentials include:

• Masters in Leading and Managing People
• Postgraduate Diploma Level 7 in Law
• CMI/ILM Level 5 Coaching and Mentoring

Research centers on Police Leadership, Police Culture and Practice, and Policing and the Office of Police Crime Commissioner (OPCC), complemented by expertise in Leadership Coaching where his College of Policing mentorship cases drove national campaigns. His interdisciplinary approach bridges organizational leadership with sports psychology through netball, basketball, and rugby coaching, analyzing behavioral techniques and performance transfer between policing and athletic contexts.

Professional contributions emphasize challenging mentees to self-discover solutions using real-world policing scenarios, with recent legal qualifications positioning him to integrate law-policing synergies into future academic work.