Secret Service agents have been accused of disabling a security camera and unlawfully entering a hair salon in Massachusetts, as part of security preparations for Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign event. The incident unfolded on July 27 at the Four One Three Salon, situated behind the Colonial Theatre in the Berkshires where Harris was scheduled to speak.

Salon owner Alicia Powers said that she had shuttered her Pittsfield establishment at the agency’s orders, which they had surveyed earlier in the week. The agency was tasked with protecting the Vice President, who was attending her first in-person fundraiser since emerging as the presumptive Democratic nominee.

“They had a bunch of people in and out of here doing a couple of bomb sweeps again — totally understand what they have to do, due to the nature of the situation,” Powers explained to Business Insider. “And at that point, my team felt like it was a little bit chaotic, and we just made the decision to close for Saturday.”

A Secret Service spokesperson attempted to downplay the incident, saying that agents “would not enter” without permission from the owner. However, the spokesperson confirmed that one agent did cover the lens of a security camera. This occurred on the morning of the campaign.

via Business Insider

At 8:10 AM, surveillance footage captured a Secret Service agent in a dark suit without an identifying pin, approaching the Four One Three Salon. The agent was seen handling a roll of masking tape, pausing to survey the salon’s front entrance and the security camera mounted there. Moments later, she used a chair to reach the camera and obscured its view with tape.

Despite the locked doors, later footage from an internal camera revealed that four individuals accessed the salon over a span of nearly two hours. This group included two in emergency medical uniforms, one in a camouflage law enforcement outfit, and another dressed similarly to the initial Secret Service agent. Throughout the period, the salon’s security alarm blared. No footage is shown giving any of the agents granted entry.

“There were several people in and out for about an hour-and-a-half — just using my bathroom, the alarms going off, using my counter, with no permission,” said Powers. “And then when they were done using the bathroom for two hours, they left, and left my building completely unlocked, and did not take the tape off the camera.”

Powers revealed to Business Insider that according to an EMS worker, the Secret Service agent responsible for security that day had been inviting people to come in and use the bathroom. Powers told the outlet that she discovered signs of forced entry on the salon’s door lock. The intruders who accessed the salon left behind a disheveled bathroom. The experience, Powers said, left her feeling deeply “violated.”

“Whoever was visiting, whether it was a celebrity or not, I probably would’ve opened the door and made them coffee and brought in donuts to make it a great afternoon for them,” she said. “But they didn’t even have the audacity to ask for permission. They just helped themselves.”

Following BI’s inquiry to the agency, the head of the Secret Service’s Boston field office called Powers to offer an apology, Powers said. “He said to me everything that was done was done very wrong. They were not supposed to tape my camera without permission. They were not supposed to enter the building without permission.”

The Secret Service representative offered to have the salon cleaned and to pay for the alarm company bill for the day. He also suggested meeting in person over a cup of coffee to apologize, an offer Powers accepted. “I want him to see the salon, and I want him to see what I do for the community, and be in this space, and have an understanding as to how this could have been ruined with the slightest wrong move.”

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