WATCH: New Largo police officer receives official welcome to Florida

LARGO, Fla. (WFLA)β€” A new officer with the Largo Police Department experienced his first run-in with an alligator, and it was all caught on camera.

Officers responded to a home after an alligator wandered onto the property.

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Officer Martinez, a new officer with the Largo Police Department, is from New York and got his official welcome to Florida, LPD said.

β€œIn the end, the gator was safely removed and relocated to a proper area. No officers and Officer Martinez, our NY transplant, received his official welcome to Florida,” LPD said in a post on Facebook…

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