{"id":350582,"date":"2026-07-24T00:03:37","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T00:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/350582\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T00:03:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T00:03:37","slug":"pinellas-county-deputy-handles-his-first-ever-gator-call-near-tampa-wsvn-7news-miami-news-weather-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/350582\/","title":{"rendered":"Pinellas County deputy handles his first-ever gator call near Tampa &#8211; WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. (WSVN) \u2014 A Pinellas County Sheriff\u2019s Office deputy had a career first near Tampa, and it involved a large scaly reptile.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The deputy, who\u2019s originally from the Northeast, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/1322862863331368\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">handled his first-ever gator call<\/a> on July 8.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Pinellas County homeowner called for help when she spotted an alligator in her yard. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bodycam footage captured the whole encounter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI feel bad for whoever\u2019s gotta sit there, back there with him,\u201d said a Pinellas County deputy. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m the reporter, I called. Alright, good, first time, yeah?\u201d said the caller. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHow did I do?\u201d asked the Pinellas County deputy.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGood. Thank goodness you had that tape,\u201d responded the caller. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Supplied with a leash, tape, and the help of neighbors to capture it, the deputy was able to move the gator to a safer spot.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p>\tJoin our Newsletter for the latest news right to your inbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. (WSVN) \u2014 A Pinellas County Sheriff\u2019s Office deputy had a career first near Tampa, and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":350583,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-350582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350582\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/350583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}