A Florida police officer from New York found himself squealing and bolting away as he responded to his first alligator call this month.
Police in Largo shared a video of the encounter, as Officer Christopher Martinez, from Long Island, tried to work up the courage to hold the alligator.
“While most of our team handled it like … seasoned pros, one of our newer officers from New York experienced his very first run-in with a gator and it showed,” the Largo Police Department wrote. “Let’s just say there was some jumping and maybe some squealing.”…