Yahoo News Brave police officer wrestles angry alligator outside Florida home
Now, that’s what you call resisting arrest.
A Florida police officer had an unusual call out when a terrified local resident called 911 about an alligator outside the front door.
Officer Alfredo Vargas stepped up to the plate and wrestled with the snappy reptile before getting it under control taking it into custody.
The officer’s body camera captured the alligator encounter which has racked up thousands of views on Facebook.
Boynton Beach Police Department explained the officer had previous experience wrestling alligators.
“Officer Vargas learned that it would be about 30 minutes before a trapper could arrive, and it was likely that the trapper would kill the alligator,” the department said.
“He put the alligator in the back seat of his patrol car and took him out to a canal. He removed the tape from around its mouth and put him back in the water.
“Officer Vargas doesn’t know it yet, but we’ve just made him the department’s official alligator wrestler.”
