Last Updated on 12/08/2024 by wccexam Desk
The US Secret Service faced embarrassment when its agents ransacked a salon in Massachusetts to use the bathroom before Vice President Kamala Harris’s event. The entire act was captured on CCTV cameras installed there. According to a Fox News report, the agency had to apologize to the salon owner, who did not allow them to use his bathroom.
The incident took place on July 27, when Kamala Harris was holding a fundraising event here after becoming the presumptive Democratic candidate and the Secret Service was in charge of security here. Alicia Powers, owner of the ‘Four One Three Salon’ in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, told Business Insider that Secret Service agents taped over her security cameras and broke into her building by breaking the lock.
Security alarm keeps ringing
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Security footage showed a Secret Service agent putting tape over the camera and later four people entering the salon without permission. The salon’s security alarm kept ringing during the incident. Powers said he closed his salon at the request of the Secret Service, which investigated the bombings earlier this week.
The owner alleged that on the day of the incident, several people, including people wearing emergency medical services uniforms and state police uniforms, entered the salon to use the bathroom without permission. “For about an hour and a half, several people were going in and out – they were just using my bathroom, the alarm was going off, they were using my counter, and that was all without permission,” he said.
Powers further alleged that after the agents and others left, they left the building open and did not remove the tape from the cameras. The building’s landlord, Brian Smith, also confirmed that no one had given permission for Secret Service agents to enter the premises.
The Secret Service had to apologize
The Secret Service acknowledged the incident and apologized to Powers. A spokesman said the agency’s employees would never enter an establishment without the owner’s permission. However, the agency did not deny that an agent had put tape over the lens of a security camera. Powers received an apology sent from the Secret Service’s Boston office, but he remains upset by the lack of respect for his business.
She said: “Anyone who came to visit, celebrity or not, I would probably open the door and make them coffee and bring them doughnuts to make their day brighter. But couldn’t he have asked for permission? He just helped himself.”
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