Original sentence: In the US, detectives James "Popeye" Doyle and Buddy "Cloudy" Russo are also performing an undercover stakeout out of their precinct in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, with Doyle dressed as Santa Claus and Russo pretending to be a hot dog stand vendor
Edited sentence: In New York, detectives James "Popeye" Doyle and Buddy "Cloudy" Russo are also conducting  an undercover stakeout out of their precinct in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, with Doyle dressed as Santa Claus and Russo pretending to be a hot dog stand vendor