The New York Police Department released surveillance footage showing a captain foil a suspected robbery in Manhattan while on his way to work on Friday.

The footage shows the plain-clothes officer wrestle with a teenager who is alleged to have taken money from a tip jar at Matto, an eatery in the Chelsea section of Manhattan.

The officer refused to let go of the teen’s sweater as they jostled in front of the restaurant at 188 7th Avenue at around 2:40pm on Friday.

A police captain (in the brown shirt) wrestles with a teen suspected of stealing money from a tip jar at a Manhattan restaurant on Friday afternoon

The officer (bottom left) refuses to let go of the teen's sweater as passersby look on

The officer was on his way to work at the 10th Precinct in Manhattan when the alleged robbery took place

The officer and the teen scuffled for about a minute at around 2:40pm on Friday

The captain who managed to pry the jar of tips from the teen has been identified as Arsenio Camilo, the No. 2 officer of the NYPD’s 10th Precinct, according to the New York Post.

Camilo wrestles the youth to the ground when two other boys believed to be accomplices move to try and help their friend.

Eventually, the teen and two other alleged accomplices ran off while the officer (seen far right) is on the ground

Police sources told local media that the captain is Arsenio Camilo of the 10th Precinct in Manhattan

After the money from the tip jar spills out onto the sidewalk, the three teens sprint away.

The NYPD says it will offer a $2,500 reward to anyone with information leading to their arrest.