PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Vice President Kamala Harris visited Pittsfield on Saturday, July 27, 2024.

Owner of Four One Three Salon, Alicia Powers, says during the visit, people she doesn’t know entered the business and used the bathroom without her permission.

Powers says she felt violated by the break-in and based on video from outside and inside the salon believes they are with and operating at the instruction of federal agents.

“Violated, disrespected and I’m just totally blown away that there wasn’t permission granted or even asked to go into the bathroom,” said Powers.

“Did say that they were supposed to ask for permission? They were not supposed to tape it without my permission and really apologized up and down and did offer to do anything they could, with paying the alarm bill, having the salon cleaned and just said that it’s not the way that Secret Service does things,” Powers said.

Spectrum News 1 reached out to the Secret Service for comment and spokesperson Melissa McKenzie sent us a statement, saying:

“The U.S. Secret Service works closely with our partners in the business community to carry out our protective and investigative missions. The Secret Service has since communicated with the affected business owner. We hold these relationships in the highest regard and our personnel would not enter, or instruct our partners to enter, a business without the owner’s permission.”

Powers said she appreciated the accountability and it’s all she wanted. She even noted the person she spoke with offered to come out and see the salon.

“He just offered to come out and see the salon and wanted to apologize face to face and just let me to know that this is not how they do things normally,” said Powers.

We also contacted Pittsfield Police, who said they were not involved in the incident.