Florida police officer delivers pizza after large gator caught on camera in customer’s driveway
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A Florida woman was in for a surprise when a police officer ended up delivering her pizza because of an eight-foot alligator hiding out under a vehicle in her driveway.

The Bradenton Police Department shared a video of the encounter on X, showing Officer Tolson responding to the call.

“Pizza…with a side of gator?” the post read. “Officer Tolson responded to calls about an 8-foot gator in a 55+ community, intercepted a terrified pizza delivery driver, and ensured a hungry customer was fed (and a hungry gator wasn’t). All in a day’s work!”

In shared body camera footage, the police officer can be heard telling a woman who arrived to deliver the pizza to stop because of the large alligator.

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Trappers measured the alligator, which turned out to be eight feet. (Bradenton Police Department)

“You’re a policeman?” she asked in a surprising way. “They called you?”

After a brief exchange, the two swapped the pizza for cash, which Tolson said he would give to the delivery driver.

Before parting ways, the woman said she wanted to grab a picture of the photo. To be on the safe side, the officer took a photo of the giant reptile under the car with her phone before the alligator was taken away.

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