Officer Christopher Martinez, who joined the Largo Police Department in November, received his first alligator nuisance call on Thursday.

A New York transplant recently hired to be a cop in Florida is getting laughs on social media for his uncomfortable reaction to being handed a writhing alligator. The nuisance gator call was a first for Officer Christopher Martinez, who joined the Largo Police Department in November, department officials told McClatchy News on June 12.