Tactical Property Surveillance

Tactical Property Surveillance (TPS) was started in 1995, with its first contract, The Balalaika Hotel, situated next to the Village Walk Shopping Centre . From there, it grew, acquiring several other contracts in the Sandton area.

In 1998 the company was appointed to render security services to the Primedia Building that was situated in the old Sandown Centre, across from the Village Walk Shopping Centre. TPS also provided the security for the Sandown Centre, which was owned by Nedcor. In 2000, Primedia moved to their new premises in Gwen lane Sandton, and TPS was asked to continue with the security service.

In July 2004, TPS was sold to Carlo Goërtz, who took over the Company with the existing contracts. Carlo was the Operations Manager for TPS for four years, before taking over. 

TPS as well as all the staff members are registered with the Private Security Regulatory Authority (PSIRA). The staff members undergo continuous in-house security training in order to ensure the best possible guard at any given post. Our training program is mostly based on Observation, Profiling and Public Relations, as it is of extreme importance that security guards know how to approach, handle and communicate with the public.

All our Security staff are employed according to the following criteria:

1. Previous police or security experience
2. Service orientated and good customer/client relations
3. Fluent in English and other key languages
4. Presentable and polite
5. No criminal record (This is confirmed by PSIRA)
6. Registered with PSIRA
7. Trained and graded according to the grading criteria set by PSIRA

With our individual experience combined, we have managed to adopt an employment and company policy that allows us to be an efficiently run Security Company.

We believe that our strength is the power of observation and the ability to react before an incident occurs.

We at TPS also firmly believe in not signing any lengthy contracts with our Clients. Our contracts are based on a month-to-month basis, therefore ensuring that our Clients have the freedom to change Security Provider without waiting for a contract to come to an end. TPS is a Specialist Guarding company, concentrating on placing guards in key areas, to minimize any threat of any nature. The guards are not dressed in military style uniform, but wear suits in order to reflect the up market image of an organization. As TPS specializes in the Sandton area, it is necessary for us to portray a corporate image. We also provide Clients with Security Managers that are both well trained and very professional. 

All our security Officers are equipped with a two-way radio, enabling them to communicate with the Site Managers as well as the Supervisors at any given moment. All Supervisors and Site Managers are equipped with a Company cell phone. If there is a control room on a site the control room operator also has a cell phone to communicate with the Manager or Supervisor.

As mentioned above, all our Security Officers are graded in terms of their level of skill and responsibility, as determined by PSIRA and our wages comply with the requirements as determined by the Bargaining Council.