Webinar Date: Monday, May 11
Webinar Time: 1 PM ET / 12 PM CT / 10 AM PT
Fentanyl remains one of the most urgent threats in correctional facilities—driving overdose deaths, putting staff at risk and demanding solutions that work. In this webinar, Virginia’s Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security shares how the state’s Operation FREE (Fentanyl Reduction Enforcement and Education) program helped reduce overdose deaths in correctional facilities from 24 in 2024 to zero in 2025.
Learn how Virginia aligned leadership, policy, interdiction, training and technology to limit fentanyl entry, improve detection and strengthen on-site response. This session delivers practical strategies correctional leaders can use to better protect staff, inmates, and their facilities.
In this webinar, you will:
- Identify the key elements behind Virginia’s Operation FREE program success
- Understand how coordinated leadership, policy, training and technology reduce fentanyl risk
- Apply proven strategies to improve overdose prevention, detection, and response
Who Should Attend:
- Drug task force officers
- Narcotics commanders and detectives
- Overdose response / CIT officers
- Crime and intelligence analysts
- Training directors and officers
Meet the Speakers
Marcus Anderson
Marcus Anderson has served decades in public safety and homeland security and most recently served as the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security for the Commonwealth of Virginia. Prior to this appointment, Marcus served as a special agent with the United States Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for over two decades. While serving with the DEA, Marcus held numerous roles both domestic and foreign, including serving as the Assistant Special Agent in Charge for the Special Operations Division in Mexico, Central America and Canada. In this position Marcus supervised the largest multi-agency unit in the federal government dedicated to defeating the world’s most dangerous criminal organizations impacting the United States. Marcus is a graduate of the FBI National Academy and holds a Master’s Degree in Public Safety from the University of Virginia, and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from Athens State University.