Alternative protective garment design specifications for the special operation unit of the Royal Malaysian Police Force / Muhamad Firdaus Ramli

A protective garment is essentially important for enforcements personnel member
application during the critical employment. In the context of natural and
environmental condition, creation of protective garments in tropical climate practice
such as ergonomics, mobility, appearance and comfort are among difficulties
experienced by Malaysian Police Force (PDRM) on duties. The existing protective
design is incomprehensible and became a problem with the movement of enforcement
personnel bodies throughout the field operation in crime prevention activity.
Therefore, the exploratory research is required to be conducted in this research. The
improvements of protective design focused on optimum exploration for effectual
protective design interest. In this study, the problem toward artistic exploration was
required to enhance the safety protection for the security forces personnel. A research
undertaking was conducted on the empirical elaboration of alternative design
specifications towards the improvisation of protective garment designs