{"id":352061,"date":"2026-04-22T09:49:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T14:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/florida-cop-muzzles-alligator-after-smacking-it-on-the-snout-on-video"},"modified":"2026-04-22T09:49:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T14:49:51","slug":"florida-cop-muzzles-alligator-after-smacking-it-on-the-snout-on-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/florida-cop-muzzles-alligator-after-smacking-it-on-the-snout-on-video","title":{"rendered":"Florida Cop Muzzles Alligator After Smacking It on the Snout, on Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Florida<\/span><br \/>\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">To Protect, Serve &#8230; and Wrangle Alligators!!!<\/span><br \/>\n           <\/h2>\n<p>    <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-04-22T07:35:34-07:00\"><br \/>\n               April 22, 2026<br \/>\n              7:35 AM PDT<\/time>\n                                      <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-d8909e9a94ce04f87588005003b5001a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-403bdb71-b482-4dee-a13c-ac087159f705-1145619258-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-403bdb71-b482-4dee-a13c-ac087159f705-1145619258-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Alligator\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/88\/16by9\/2026\/04\/22\/88dac57fe0b842609adaa6a1c8cb9aad_md.png\" alt=\"042226 police alligator kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-d8909e9a94ce04f87588005003b5001a--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-4a316106b9a6e9afb9708198330a649a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Crocodile hunters may be all the rage Down Under &#8230; but alligator hunters are born and bred in Florida &#8212; with the state&#8217;s cops being some of the best around.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-4a316106b9a6e9afb9708198330a649a--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-bbaa271d38b8079136d12c237f90d143\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The West Palm Beach Police Department shared a video Tuesday of an officer tangling with a reptile in a parking lot &#8230; kicking off with the cop holding tightly onto the animal&#8217;s snout &#8212; before losing his grip.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-bbaa271d38b8079136d12c237f90d143--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-512f74c066d47b4122f58d2bf95353f1\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20260422_0128bdd95e4346318f0549417b7827b3\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:2db07979-f103-45d2-9b06-2db97461401b\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/01\/4by3\/2026\/04\/22\/0128bdd95e4346318f0549417b7827b3_md.png\" alt=\"042226 police alligator SG\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>                 <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-512f74c066d47b4122f58d2bf95353f1--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-1a83498490a20eccaec02e912f219387\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Watch the clip &#8230; faced with the sinister grin of his foe, the officer lifts up under its chin and tries again. When the alligator again slips away, he smacks it on the head a couple times to get it to look up &#8230; before he and a partner are able to slap some tape around its jaws to muzzle it.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-1a83498490a20eccaec02e912f219387--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-bd202dc9bc38f7f43faf9b2fd0b58fcc\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-code-block canvas-code-block-permalink canvas-code-block--default \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-bd202dc9bc38f7f43faf9b2fd0b58fcc--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-390699f567fd0cfd92cb74155952420f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>In the caption, the West Palm Beach Police Department joked officers need to be \u201cready for anything, even when it has scales and a serious attitude.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-390699f567fd0cfd92cb74155952420f--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-5d1e78d10f9eaf9a856623d636516618\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Who needs animal control when you&#8217;ve got these cops?<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-5d1e78d10f9eaf9a856623d636516618--><\/p><\/div>\n<p> <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/04\/22\/florida-police-officers-wrangle-alligator\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida To Protect, Serve &#8230; and Wrangle Alligators!!! 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