Former NYC cop handles his first Florida alligator, and its a delightful ‘squealing’ mess

A police officer who moved from New York to Florida just reached a new milestone as a Florida cop: handling a rogue alligator.

Thanks to a fun video posted to Facebook by Florida’s Largo Police Department (LPD), we see the newly arrived Officer Christopher Martinez on “his first alligator call.” And well, he handled it a bit like anyone outside of the state would.

“While most of our team handled it like a pro,” the LPD wrote in its caption, “one of our newer officers [Martinez] from New York experienced his very first-run in with a gator and it showed! Let’s just say there was some jumping and maybe some squealing.”…

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