N.Y. Correct. Law § 10

§ 10. Parole officers. 1. Employees in the department who perform the\nduties of supervising inmates released on community supervision shall be\nparole officers.\n 2. No person shall be eligible for the position of parole officer who\nis under twenty-one years of age or who does not possess a baccalaureate\ndegree conferred by a post-secondary institution accredited by an\naccrediting agency recognized by the United States office of education,\nor who is not fit physically, mentally and morally. Parole officer\nselection shall be based on definite qualifications as to character,\nability and training with an emphasis on capacity and ability to provide\na balanced approach to influencing human behavior and to use judgment in\nthe enforcement of the rules and regulations of community supervision.\nParole officers shall be persons likely to exercise a strong and helpful\ninfluence upon persons placed under their supervision while retaining\nthe goal of protecting society.\n 3. The commissioner, acting in cooperation with the civil service\ncommission, shall establish standards, preliminary requisites and\nrequisites to govern the selection and appointment of parole officers.\n * 3-a. In order to best effectuate the provisions of subdivision two\nof this section the commissioner shall, pursuant to subdivision one of\nsection seventy of the civil service law, transfer any employee who held\nthe position of facility parole officer I or facility parole officer II\non January first, two thousand twelve and who wishes to accept such\ntransfer, to fill any open position in the parole officer or senior\nparole officer title. The provisions of this subdivision shall apply to\nfacility parole officer I or facility parole officer II employees for\nthe period that the certificate attesting to satisfactory completion of\nthe training requirements for peace officer eligibility awarded to such\nemployee remains valid pursuant to the provisions of subdivision six of\nsection 2.30 of the criminal procedure law. In no instance shall the\ndepartment appoint a newly hired employee to a parole officer or senior\nparole officer position where an employee, eligible under this\nsubdivision, is willing and able to transfer to such position. An\nemployee transferred under this subdivision shall in no instance\ndisplace an incumbent employee in the parole officer or senior parole\nofficer title or a person who is on a preferred list or reemployment\nroster for the position of parole officer or senior parole officer\npursuant to section eighty-one or eighty-one-a of the civil service law.\n * NB Repealed December 31, 2015\n 4. A parole or warrant officer, in performing or in attempting to\nperform an arrest pursuant to and in conformance with the provisions of\narticle one hundred forty of the criminal procedure law, shall be deemed\nto have performed such actions, relating to such arrest, in the course\nof employment in the department for purposes of disability or death from\nany injuries arising therefrom. The provisions of this subdivision shall\napply whether or not such parole or warrant officer was on duty for the\ndepartment at the time of performing such actions or performed such\nactions outside of his or her regular or usual duties within the\ndepartment.\n