Deputies lasso 1,500-pound bull on the loose in Alabama neighborhood

Law enforcement officers in Alabama traded patrol duty for a little unexpected rodeo work Friday when a 1,500-pound bull got loose near a school.

Deputies with the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office and officers with the Carrollton Police Department were called Aug. 7 to help wrangle the bull near Pickens Academy, according to the sheriff’s office.

Video of the unusual call shows the massive, long-horned bull roaming through a residential area as people on horseback attempt to corral it with ropes.

The sheriff’s office said the bull proved less than cooperative, leading officers and others on a pursuit that crossed Highway 17 and then headed back across the road.

There were a few slips and falls along the way, authorities said, but the bull was eventually rounded up safely, and no injuries were reported.

The sheriff’s office had some fun recounting the pursuit on social media, describing it as a brief game of “I ain’t complying with anything you ask.”

“We all learned one thing today — we’re probably better off patrolling the county than trying to make a living on the rodeo circuit,” the sheriff’s office wrote.

Authorities did not say how the bull got loose or how long it was on the run before it was captured.