About Pentagon Protective and Investigative Services

Pentagon Protective and Investigative Services was established in 2000 by founder David S. Boone. Mr. Boone began his professional career after six years as a U.S. Army Reconnaissance Scout, for which he was honorably discharged, and joined the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shortly thereafter.

Law Enforcement Background

During his law-enforcement career, Mr. Boone worked at the Los Angeles County Inmate Reception Center in downtown Los Angeles, then transferred to patrol, where he worked at the Carson Sheriff Station. Mr. Boone served as a patrol training officer and worked in the Detectives Bureau.

He also formed his own special operations unit, the Warrant Services Unit, which encompassed covert and mobile surveillance of known felons and served arrest warrants. Mr. Boone’s law enforcement career came to an end after an on-duty shooting, in which he had to retire medically.

Executive Protection & Corporate Experience

Mr. Boone then applied his training and skills in the private sector, working as an executive protection professional for several years at companies including Microsoft, Oracle, eBay, Toyota Motor Sales, and Charles Schwab, among others.

Mr. Boone was recruited by Toyota Motor Sales executives to lead the Executive Protection and Corporate Investigations Department, a role he held before forming Pentagon Executive Protection Services.

Founding of the Company

Mr. Boone founded Pentagon Protective and Investigative Services in April 2000 and left Toyota Motor Sales. Toyota and a handful of other companies Mr. Boone had worked for in the past became clients after hearing he had formed his own company.

Mr. Boone also had an early opportunity to work with and be trained by the State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service, a well-known diplomatic protection division, only rivaled by the U.S. Secret Service.

During his few years as a DSS agent, Mr. Boone protected the Turkish Consul-General and his family in West Los Angeles. Mr. Boone also finished his martial arts goal of becoming a black belt in Yoshiko Aikido and becoming a certified K-9 handler with an emphasis on explosives detection.

Behavioral Analysis & Specialized Training

In 2009, Mr. Boone continued to advance his executive protection training and education by studying behavior analysis under the guidance of Dr. Paul Ekman and his company, The Paul Ekman Group.

Mr. Boone eventually became a certified trainer in Dr. Paul Ekman’s programs in Evaluating Truthfulness and Credibility as well as Emotional Skills and Competencies. Mr. Boone trained hundreds of students in these programs and developed additional training for executive protection agents to recognize behavioral changes during protection assignments.

Mr. Boone incorporates this training for all new agents, and Pentagon Executive Protection Services is the only company on the West Coast with this unique expertise.

Company Evolution

During the last 25 years, Pentagon Protective and Investigative Services Inc. has gone through some business changes. In 2020, it became apparent that Protective Services and Investigative Services needed to split.

As a result, Pentagon Executive Protection Services was formed, and the investigative services component of the company was established as Behavior Analysis Investigations LLC.

Executive Protection Services Today

Pentagon Executive Protection Services has provided executive protection for a number of celebrities and recording artists, as well as top corporate executives and political figures.

Currently, Mr. Boone and the Pentagon team provide executive protection services to corporate executives at their offices in Newport Beach, Pasadena, Los Angeles, and San Diego.

Pentagon’s team also protects a handful of celebrities on an as-needed basis, which is very common in the celebrity protection industry.

Training, Community Service & Public Safety

Mr. Boone also became an active-shooter instructor and provides much-needed training to corporations and small businesses statewide.

Mr. Boone also provides complimentary executive protection training to security volunteers at two churches in Orange County as a community service.