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Ah, come here. Come here, little brat. Come here. Come here. Come here. Come here. A call came in from a private residence in Fulshear, a quiet community just west of Houston. The complaint? An alligator had wandered onto the property and it was getting dangerously close to the home. What followed was a tense, hands-on removal that would put the lieutenant's composure and experience to the ultimate test. What are y'all doing? We I got to Let me see how big he is. We take him to a creek, down Bessie's Creek, down towards Westland Lakes. >> Oh, do you? And we let him go. There's got to be 100 gators there cuz that's where they all go, but Hiding in the front up here? Yeah. Oh, right there. I got a pole, but this one's kind of small, so I'll grab it. >> What's remarkable here is Henry's approach. Rather than calling in a specialist or waiting for animal control, which could take hours, he's going to handle this himself. That's not recklessness. That's the reality of small-town policing where officers wear many hats and wildlife management is just one of them. Ah, come here. Come here. Come here. Come here. Come here. Come here. Come What? Look at you. You're a hero. There he goes. Oh my goodness. Yeah, down down Bessie's Creek. Okay, roll over. Roll over. Roll over. Uh, they'll get calmer when I'm There you go. Oh, he's fine. I'm going to get a picture of you holding it. Gosh. Wow. >> Love it. Do you need me to open a door for you? >> I'm going to put them on the pole. Okay. That way I can get them. Yeah, open my back door, please. I may have locked it. This one? Yes. There's a pole. Where is it? I'll just grab it for you. >> That one? Yes. Pull that out for me. And then on the end right there by your uh right hand there's a little pull that little silver thing. This? Yes, pull that out. It should release the No, pull it. Pull it. You should be able to pull it. There you go. Now pull it pull that cable. A little bit. Just enough for it to go. There you go. Is that pulling? Uh let's see. It might have done it. Watch out. I'm going to let him go. Nice. I know. I know. I know. That's all right. You're going to get in the car and we're going to go for a ride. Okay. All right. All right. He'll be fine. Okay, have a good day. Take it easy. And just like that, it's over. The alligator is secured, loaded into the patrol car, and headed for relocation at Bessie's Creek. Lieutenant Henry's calm reassurance to the gator, "You're going to get in the car and we're going to go for a ride." is the kind of dry humor that only comes from someone who's done this more times than they can count. What makes this footage remarkable isn't just the danger, it's the composure. Lieutenant Bill Henry handled a wild alligator in a residential neighborhood with nothing but his hands, a catch pole that barely worked, and years of hard-earned experience. For the residents of Fulshear, Texas, this was just another Tuesday. But for the rest of us, it's a reminder that the men and women in uniform face situations most people couldn't imagine, and they do it with a level of calm that borders on unbelievable. If you enjoyed this video, consider subscribing to the channel. Your subscriptions help us grow here at Body Cam Central, and give us the support we need to continue providing more body cam footage. You might like the XT video that pops up on your screen.
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