What Are the Two Functions Police Tend to Serve? Provide

question 9

Essay

What are the two functions police tend to serve? Provide examples of activities police perform that exemplify each function. Do you believe that one function is more important than the other? Explain your answer.

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Definitions:

Standard Cost System

An accounting method that uses cost estimates for labor, materials, and overhead to assign costs to products, facilitating variance analysis between expected and actual costs.

Actual Results

The real financial or operational outputs of a business, as opposed to projections or estimates.

Variable Overhead Rate Variance

The difference between the actual variable overhead incurred and the expected (or standard) variable overhead allocated, based on activity level.

Lubricants

Substances applied to reduce friction between surfaces in mutual contact, which ultimately reduces the heat generated when the surfaces move.