New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 7 - DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION
Chapter II - Employee Rules
Part 52 - Inmates, Employees And The Public
Section 52.3 - Use of employment identification

The wearing, possessing or carrying of a shield, or any other article of any description, indicating employment by the department, with the exception of the official identification card and the uniform cap shield when worn on the cap, is prohibited with the following exceptions. When an employee is assigned in civilian clothes to conduct official investigations, to return an escaped prisoner, or to accompany inmates on sick visits, funerals, appearances in court and transfers, he will be assigned a pocket shield or carry a cap shield in lieu thereof. Employees in possession of a cap shield shall surrender it to the warden when their services are terminated.