Asia Pacific Environmental and Occupational Health Journal

Objective: Overlapping of job function between occupational safety and health at the workplace with auxiliary enforcement and private security emphasis the greater need to identify possible merging of roles in a new integrated jobmodel to manage occupational safety and health incidents and accidents. There is a need to develop the new job model to enhance the responsibility of these roles to contribute in the managing of safety, health and security at the workplace seamlessly. The purpose of this paper was to compare three main auxiliary enforcement bodies (AEB) in Malaysia namely the Auxiliary Police (AP), Malaysian Volunteer Corps Department (abbreviated as RELA) and private securityenforcement services in terms of how their responsibilities fit the scope of managing safety, security, accidents and violence at the workplace. Method: This document analysis has been done by reviewing official reports, legal documents and publications to find commonalities. Findings: The findings were provided in five main themes covering legislation provisions, history, roles and remuneration and training. The key challenges that have been identified fromthis comparative study was the need to address the practical implications of an integrated role which has been suggested. Legal implications will need to be explored in terms of the responsibilities of these bodies to fulfil their existing role and the additional proposed roles which exist when their functions are integrated and the impact on supervision needs and budget allocation. Social implications of the theoretical role explore the importance of aconsolidated job model to help reduce occupational accidents, injuries, disabilities, and vehicle accidents. Conclusion: Recognizing each agency's auxiliary context presents a distinct possibility of opportunity for integration by assessing the existing usual challenges, particularly the positioning of auxiliary enforcement in Malaysian society, as well as strategies for overcoming them and maximizing available resources, will help auxiliary agencies in moving forwardin the desired direction

with their local communities to achieve better security and safe living. There are unclear prerequisites for joining the ranks which have both short-term and long-term significance for the individuals within the AEBs. Notably, themovement of upgrading the ranks of regulars are not clearly mentioned especially for Security Guards in the Act 27Private Agencies Act 1971. This will influence how individuals perform in auxiliary roles and more broadly, whether auxiliary law enforcement officer services survive or deteriorate. Conclusion: The training became a crucial part deserving of a more thorough consideration especially the association between training and the outcome in executing and conducting the auxiliary enforcement tasks to reduce any unwanted situation in the society related to violence, reducing accident rate and encouraging compliance to legal requirements among the community in Malaysia.

Keywords: Compliance, Legislation, Supervision, Enforcement, Integrated, Training, Safety and Security, Auxiliary Enforcement Bodies, Budget