Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation - Operations Manual

Chapter 3 – Personnel, Training, and Employee Relations

Article 21 – Uniforms/Employee Grooming Standards

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33020.12.10 Regulation Shoes

  • Employees may wear shoes or boots that meet the following general specifications as items of the regulation uniform:

    • Black leather, plain toe, conservatively designed.  No buckles.  No design in the leather, shall be smooth texture.

    • In addition to the plain toe, the toe design shall be round without a bead encircling the toes.

    • Shall approximate dress military styling.  Shoes shall be shined at all times.

    • Heel not to exceed 1½ inches in height.

    • No tennis shoes, cowboy, engineer, cap style military jump boot or logger-style boots.

    • No steel toe shoes or boots (with the exception of the steel-toe shoe permitted in 33010.10(14)).

    • Tactical style tan boots, suede and nylon-like material, with tan rubber soles.  No buckles. No design in the leather.

    • Tactical style black boots, leather and nylon-like material. No buckles. No design in the leather.