SAN JOSE OFFICIALS have quietly killed a firefighter drug oversight program just days after reinstating it. This comes after a paramedic drug theft scandal exposed patients to tampered narcotics and sparked backlash against funding cuts that originally dissolved the initiative.
The program known as Med 30 was deactivated on Dec. 21, the same month it was supposed to be reinstated, according to a San Jose Fire Department bulletin obtained by San José Spotlight. The decision — made by City Manager Jennifer Maguire and Fire Chief Robert Sapien — directly contradicts a City Council vote in June to restore Med 30 for seven months starting in December.
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