landing card | form with your personal details and date of arrival | |
customs declaration form | form showing how much mone and goods you are carying | |
vaccination certificate | proving you have had the necessary health injections | |
entry restrictions | rules about who can enter a country | |
spot/random checks | checks done without warning | |
sniffer dogs | specially trained dogs | |
clear customs | take your bags through customs | |
port of entry | port of airport you first entry | |
seek political asylum | permission to stay in another country to avoid political persecution | |
econimic migrants | people who try to enter from poorer countries | |
traffic offences | wykroczenia drogowe / formal word for illegal action | |
on-the-spot fine | fixed sumfine payable at the time and place you commit the offence | |
fixed penalty | fixed sum payable for particular offence | |
parking tickets | papers placed on driver's winscreens fining them for illegal parking | |
breathalyser | alkomat | |
make a statement | say what happened and sign a copy of it/ składac zeznania | |
stop-and-search | power to stop people and search them in the street | |
surveillance cameras | monitoring | |
search warrant | a legal document authorizing a police officer or other official to enter and search premises | |
security forces | often army & police together | |
plain clothes/undercover police | police who don't wear uniform | |
paramilitary police | police more like soldiers | |
drug squad | police to fight illegal drug trade | |
anti-corruption | police trained to fight bribery , corruption | |