Resident Tells Board Cameras-Generated Tickets Linked to Questionable Vendor; Board Offers Follow-up

Alex Pantee, a resident, used the board's public comment period on Sept. 22, 2025, to raise concerns about a camera-ticketing program connected to the district and to allege that the company operating the cameras has a history of name changes and criminal convictions in other jurisdictions. Pantee asked why the district continues to operate the program if, he said, the tickets and the vendor are tied to unlawful conduct.

Pantee said he received a ticket about a year and a half earlier and has since researched the vendor. He told the board that in February 2017 the company operated under a name he identified as Force Multiplier Solutions (and later under other names), and that in February 2018 a person he named, Robert Leonard, was convicted in a corruption case, which Pantee cited in asserting concerns about the vendor’s background. Pantee said local courts in Dutchess County will not schedule hearings on the tickets he described and that “they're never gonna get hearings.” He told the board his research is compiled in a 52-page presentation.

Pantee asked, “why are you doing business with criminals, basically?” The board did not take formal action in response; a board member invited Pantee to provide contact information to the district clerk for follow-up, saying, “you can give your information of the district clerk, and we will try to get somebody back with you.”

Before public comment, a board representative explained the district’s public-comment practice and limits, noting that “state law does not require us to hold a public comment period, we have chosen to do so,” and that “under state and federal privacy laws, we are unable to address any comments or questions about specific students or school personnel.” The district clerk also read procedural rules: a total of 30 minutes was set aside for non-agenda public comments and individual comments were limited to three minutes.

No board motion, investigation request, or suspension of the program was recorded in the transcript. The concerns Pantee raised are his account and were not verified on the record by the board during the meeting.