Complex sentence: One of Bookers's first priorities was to reduce the city's crime rate, to do so Booker appointed Garry McCarthy, former Deputy Commissioner of Operations of the New York City Police Department, as the director of the Newark Police Department.
Split into simpler sentences: One of Bookers's first priorities was to reduce the city's crime rate. To do so, he appointed Garry McCarthy, former Deputy Commissioner of Operations of the New York City Police Department, as the director of the Newark Police Department.