We are really excited to announce that University of Central Lancashire have engaged with us to build a state of the art Hydra suite.   UCLAN have solid connections with the region and are a world class centre in Forensic, Criminology and Law Enforcement Studies. We look forward to building the new suite and bringing […]

The 1st live Hydra exercise, Exercise Peninsula, was delivered in the Hydra Suite at Victoria Police today for Victoria Police Sergeants. The exercise was facilitated by Vic. Police accredited Hydra Facilitators.

1st pilot exercise, Exercise Peninsula, was delivered in the Hydra Suite at Victoria Police! Who attended… Delegates from Victoria Police’s Centre of Supervision and Management, Operational Specialists, Specialist Centre of Emergency Incident Management, Centre Managers, New Zealand Police, Baw Baw Shire Council, Country Fire Authority and State Emergency Services attended.  The exercise was particularly successful […]

50 Delegates attended the Australasian Hydra Conference hosted in Victoria Police Academy, Australia.  The conference was opened by Assistant Commissioner Kevin Casey and run by Professor Jonathan Crego of the Hydra Foundation.   An honorable mention to… Guest speakers in attendance were Larry Proud of ANZPAA, Supt Deb Abbott of Victoria Police, Graeme Macey of […]

Who attended… 17th March, top 90 Directors and Heads participate in a 10kv workshop opened by the Deputy Director General and attended by key personnel looking at the operational work of the Agency.  The Director General and Home Secretary joined a panel to discuss the issues raised in the 10kv workshop.   What we focused […]

This week we completed the installation of Hydra 6 at Essex Police.   Further details are available on the Hydra site pages.

Webinar scheduled for later this month, the event will cover Hydra in the Cloud requirements and new methodologies and connectivity with the new system.   More details to follow…

The days events… A powerful day with Prof John Grieve and Prof Jonathan Crego, taking Masters students studying Criminology through a Critical Incident workshop using 10kv to capture their decision making.   Why we do what we do… This whole day event looked at the need to recognise early the criticality of incidents and be […]

Prof. Jonathan Crego facilitated 36 Chief Superintendents and senior police staff members together with a Diamond Panel comprising a Barrister, Chief Constable, Head of Local Authority, Policing Crime Commissioner and Deputy Policing Crime Commissioner, Commercial Director, Senior Journalist and Prof Laurence Alison.   The event looked at the strategic management of critical incidents including policing […]

The Hydra Foundation ran a 10,000 Volt Workshop at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centre for USA Homeland Security to develop the training objectives for their pilot Hydra Exercise to be held in October 2014. FLETC are in the process of building a Hydra suite to meet the needs of the 91 Law Enforcement Agencies […]