WATCH: Bodycam Video Shows Alligator Wrestling Florida Policeman Outside House

Bodycam footage showed a police officer wrestling an alligator outside of a resident’s home in Hollywood, Florida. The officer reportedly attempted to subdue the alligator to prevent it from being killed by a trapper.

The Boynton Beach Police Department uploaded video to YouTube Wednesday of the altercation between the officer and the massive reptile. The body cam footage showed officer Alfredo Vargas wrestling an alligator after he discovered it beside a house on July 10, in the Hunter’s Run neighborhood.

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"The Gator Boys will be proud of this one," the YouTube caption read. "A few weeks ago, Officer Alfredo Vargas responded to a call from a resident of Hunter’s Run who found an alligator laying by his front door. Watch Officer Vargas’ body camera video to see how he was able to safely secure the alligator."

Police received an alligator distress call around 2 a.m. EST July 10, a spokesperson told ABC News.

In the video, Vargas approached the alligator using a five-foot pole with a noose at the end. He struggled with the alligator for a bit, trying to get the nose around its mouth. After the alligator flailed around in resistance, Vargas affixed the noose around its mouth. He secured the alligator's mouth with tape as the video ends.

Vargas reached out to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, which explained that it would be 30 minutes before a trapper could arrive. The FWC told Vargas they would probably euthanize the alligator upon arrival.

Vargas apparently trained in alligator handling and wrestling by the Gator Boys Alligator Rescue at the Everglades Holiday Park in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The FWC authorized Vargas to catch and transport the alligator himself, which he said he favored over the death of the alligator.

The FWC told Vargas he could release the alligator away from residential areas, so he loaded it onto the back seat of his police cruiser and released it in a canal close by — police told ABC News.

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"He put the alligator in the back seat of his patrol car and took him out to a canal by Congress Avenue and Miner Road," the police department said. "Officer Vargas removed the tape from around its mouth and put him back in the water."

The Boynton Beach Police Department poked fun at Vargas, who successfully wrangled the alligator and released it safely.

"Officer Vargas doesn't know it yet, but we've just made him the department's official alligator wrestler (kidding but not really)," the caption read.

Vargas said he wasn’t scared to subdue the alligator. He claimed alligators wouldn't become violent toward humans unless it had reason to attack. The alligator might have attacked Vargas if he messed with its babies, he said.

"Normally, alligators don’t become violent towards humans unless they’re fed by humans or they have babies," Vargas told CBS News.