April 24 (UPI) — Florida’s West Palm Beach Police Department shared video of officers going face-to-snout with an alligator loitering in an empty parking lot.
The video, posted to Facebook, shows an officer tapping the gator on the snout until he is able to get his hands around the reptile’s jaws and hold them shut.
A second officer then helps tape the alligator’s jaws shut to make it less dangerous for transport.
“Just another day on patrol… until it isn’t,” the post said. “From neighborhood calls to going toe-to-toe with an alligator, our officers never quite know what they’ll show up to next. Well-rounded policing means being ready for anything, even when it has scales and a serious attitude.”