Recording would seem hard as it's only random crashes to all the players in the gunfight at PD, maybe like 5 players spraying each others (mostly cops stopping prisoners from escaping)
This issue can be caused and related to many things such as lots of cars in the garage, people coming in and out from PD and sometimes crossing with the treasure hunt (mostly the first cluse is indeed in Pershing Square). As Dab said, it's similar to getting timeouts while going AFK in jail, especially when you're switching from jail time to bail time.
I don't really think that this is a big concern, since it doesn't happen that often.