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It is a matter of perspective. It is not unusual at all for large companies or governmental institutions to use a sole source vendor. This makes employee training and stock availability uniform and less expensive. The key here is not to "follow the money" but the key here is to remove the requirement. L1 does a decent job, the only drawback I see is the location availability. If an individual is willing to spend 10-12 hours in class, it seems a drive - even a longer one for some folks, should not be an insurmountable obstacle once in the lifetime of a license. How many hours did that person have to spend at work to earn the money for the license? Class cost plus license cost probably stacks up to as many hours at work to earn the money as will be spent in class. A lot of debate is put into the relatively small amount of time required to get a fingerprint job done, when I do not hear the same objection to the time spent earning the money for the process, traveling to ranges or sitting in class discussed. For most, that investment will be somewhere around 25-30 hours. Why is another hour or two (max) going to matter that much? There are very few places in the State of Texas that would be out of range of an L1 of more than an hour or so of driving time. Renewals do not require new prints if you have an electronic set on file, so theoretically, one time is good for a lifetime.