Credit: St. Johns County Sheriff's Office/Cover Images A Florida police officer showed incredible animal wrangling skills by taking on an alligator with his bare hands on Saturday (02August2025). The rowdy reptile was rescued from a swimming pool by the officer in St Augustine,

A Florida police officer recorded a different kind of apprehension on his body cam on July 25 when he plucked a small alligator out of a backyard pool in the northeastern city of St. Augustine.

It was all in a day's work for a Florida sheriff's deputy who was called after a young alligator was found in a backyard pool in St. Augustine.