reporter: also for some headline making murders. a well loved beverly hills philanthropist shot dead in her home. a 70-year-old nurse murdered at a bus stop. a young clerk stabbed to death in a furniture store. you really have to wake up what s happening all over los angeles. reporter: the d.a. easily survived one recall attempt last year, but now faces another. he has abandoned all of us victims in favor of criminals. reporter: the union that represents gascon s own deputy d.a. s is suing him. yes, it is rare. reporter: claiming the directives are not merely radical, but plainly unlawful. he has created this environment where there is no accountability. criminals are arrested and within 24 hours they re back on the street committing crime. reporter: latest stats from the sheriff show robbery, burglary and arson have actually fallen since gascon took office. unclear why.
If the perp is suffering from mental health issues or substance abuse, he wants that person, quote, redirected towards rehabilitation rather than punished and thrown behind bars, which the d.a. says can just end in an endless cycle of recidivism. but as that deputy d.a. told me, he said listen, these are social experiments not grounded in reality. union pacific itself, well, they are now considering they say rerouting their trains to just avoid los angeles county. don? and thank you for watching, everyone. our coverage continues.
Robberies. reporter: gascon also taking heat for some headline-making murders. a well loved beverly hills philanthropist shot dead in her home, a nurse murdered at a bus stop, a young clerk stabbed to death in a furniture store. you ve really got to wake up what s happening all over los angeles. reporter: the d.a. easily survived one recall attempt last year, but now faces another. he has abandoned all of us victims in favor of criminals. reporter: the union that represents gascon s own deputy d.a. s is suing him. yes, it is rare. reporter: claiming the directives are not merely radical but plainly unlawful. he has created this environment where there is no accountability. criminals are arrested and within 24 hours are back on the street committing crime. i don t think we have the statistics to show how these new directives are really impacting what s happening on the streets of l.a.
So the d.a. wants most misdemeanors handled like this. if it s a nonviolent offense and if the perp is suffering from mental health issues or substance abuse, he wants that person, quote, redirected towards rehabilitation rather than punished and thrown behind bars, which the d.a. says can just end in an endless cycle of recidivism. but as that deputy d.a. told me, he said listen, these are social experiments not grounded in reality. union pacific itself, well, they are now considering they say rerouting their trains to just avoid los angeles county. don? and thank you for watching, everyone. our coverage continues. put on y but rid-x does. in a 21 month study, scientists proved that rid- x reduces up to 20% of waste build up every month.
Home. a 70-year-old nurse murdered at a bus stop. a young clerk stabbed to death in a furniture store. you really have to wake up what s happening all over los angeles. reporter: the d.a. easily survived one recall attempt last year, but now faces another. he has abandoned all of us victims in favor of criminals. reporter: the union that represents gascon s own deputy d.a. s is suing him. yes, it is rare. reporter: claiming the directives are not merely radical, but plainly unlawful. he has created this environment where there is no accountability. criminals are arrested and within 24 hours they re back on the street committing crime. reporter: latest stats from the sheriff show robbery, burglary and arson have actually fallen since gascon took office. unclear why. it could be covid. but like many place, murder is way up. most crime is down except for