City of Tshwane Metropolitan Police

Commissioner Revo Spies was appointed Deputy Chief of Police for Asset Protection and Security Services in Tshwane Metropolitan Police from 1 March 2025, responsible for physical and technical security and managing both in-house and contracted security personnel.

“I have been appointed in the City of Tshwane Metro Police from the 1st of March as the Deputy Chief of Police for Asset Protection and Security Services... I am accountable for the physical security and technical systems, the operational support around the technical systems and the physical security, and then physical guard services... We operate a hybrid system, meaning that we have in-house security... there are 1270 of those guards. And then there is a contracted portion, which is to 22 service providers, which I will deal with later.”

Commissioner Revo Spies was a section-56 contract employee at Ekurhuleni for five years but took early retirement; upon appointment to Tshwane, he became a permanent employee under a performance contract without a fixed term.

“At Ekurhuleni, I was appointed as a section-56 contract employee for a period of five years, which I took early retirement... When I was appointed in the City of Tshwane, I was appointed as a permanent employee till I reached the compulsory retirement age of 65 years... I am now a permanent employee with a performance contract, but not with an employment fixed term contract.”