By Devan Patel

Bay Area News Group

SAN JOSE, Calif. — San Jose’s auditor is recommending a slew of changes to improve drug storage and oversight protocols at the city’s fire department, following the April arrest of a captain for allegedly tampering with and stealing medication .

The incident spurred the department to request a review by the city’s auditor, which outlined seven recommendations to prevent that from happening again.

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“There are a few aspects of fire’s current inventory management practices that should be formalized into policy,” supervising auditor Alison Pauly said at last week’s Public Safety Committee meeting. “These include clarifying the requirements for daily and periodic reviews of the controlled s

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