Complex sentence: Still holding the leash but not wanting to pick up the "wildcat", the officer asks someone to retrieve a catchpole as Pinky darts around frantically, tangling the leash around the officers leg in the process.
Split into simpler sentences: Still holding the leash but not wanting to pick up the "wildcat", the officer asks someone to retrieve a catchpole. Pinky continues to dart around frantically, tangling the leash around the officers leg in the process.