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https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2024/08/12/reports-secret-service-broke-into-salon-used-bathroom-during-harris-campaign-stop-in-pittsfield/Reports: Secret Service broke into salon, used bathroom during Harris campaign stop in PittsfieldVice President Kamala Harris held an event in Pittsfield last month. The owner of a nearby salon says agents taped over a security camera and entered without permission.By Ross Cristantiello
August 12, 2024 | 2:30 PMWhen Vice President Kamala Harris stopped by Pittsfield last month for a campaign event, Secret Service agents reportedly taped over a security camera at a nearby salon and broke in to use a bathroom.
The incident surprised the salon’s owner, who told local news outlet iBerkshires that agents caused the business’s alarm to go off for hours and left a mess in their wake.
Four One Three Salon is situated very close to the Colonial Theatre, where Harris held her campaign event. Alicia Powers, the salon’s owner, said that security ramped up well before the event. The business was the subject of bomb sweeps, and she decided to keep it closed on the day of the Harris event, per iBerkshires.
That morning, Powers saw security footage of someone placing tape over an outside security camera. Later on, she saw through other cameras that the business was being used by Secret Service agents and EMS workers.
Powers had reportedly left her business locked, but the Secret Service were able to gain access anyway.
“I pay taxes, I’m on top of my stuff, it was just a violation. I was like ‘Wow, that can happen without permission,’ and that was kind of mind-blowing for me,” she told iBerkshires. ...