мент

Policeman, the fuzz — quite often used, if police officers are out of earshot. Loaned from Polish, where mente has been used as slang for soldiers or guards (initially it is a Hungarian word for a short coat-cape, also called “fur attila” that was part of policemen’s uniform).

У ментов маленькая зарплата, но хорошие доходы.

Coppers have small salaries but comfortable income.

Ментам писькой по губам (“Hit cops with dicks on the lips”),
Graffiti in Moscow, podkolokolnyj per. (June 2008)

A cop was born (said when sudden silence appears).

— Мент родился, — прокомментировал Никита тишину, но она вдруг снова нарушилась: на сей раз посторонним шумом с улицы.

— A cop is born, — Nikita commented on the silence, but it was suddenly interrupted again: this time by an outside noise from the street.

(Евгений Козловский, Гувернантка)

1. Police car, also called ментовоз; 2. the fuzz, police.

Вдруг её остановят, проверят документы, препроводят в ментовку и запрут вместе с проститутками.

Suddenly she is stopped, ID check, she is transferred to the nick and locked up with the prostitutes.

(Виктория Токарева, Своя правда, 2002)