Meagan Cahill

Director of Research at PERF. All tweets/ideas my own. Interests: police, evidenced-based policing & broad crim topics, esp. community safety, well-being

[Meagan Cahill @me_cahill]

@VPDWalsh77 @PoliceForum @CWexlerPERF @ASCRM41 Great to have you in the conversation, Bill!

[Meagan Cahill @me_cahill]

@rsfrankl LOVE!!!!!

[Meagan Cahill @me_cahill]

@khankinsster @rsfrankl @SGDE_UArizona Oh man, one of the best parties from grad school!!

[Meagan Cahill @me_cahill]

WaPo does a good job explaining how misleading media coverage of mass shootings can be & what the most pressing gun violence issues are--no surprise, given they quoted great researchers @CaterinaGRoman @AprilZeoli @DanielWWebster1 https://t.co/7CbkHO4VJj

[Chuck Wexler @CWexlerPERF]

PERF staff are presenting at the ⁦@NAWLEE⁩ conference in Miami. This morning, Charlotte Lansinger and Rachael Thompson are reviewing PERF’s preliminary research on women in police leadership. The full PERF report on this critical issue will be released later this spring.

[Meagan Cahill @me_cahill]

@RyeCahill @Gansettbeer @BayStateCahill I want one!!

[Karan Menon @TheKaranMenon]

End qualified immunity, hold cops accountable. It’s a ridiculous doctrine that holds govt officials to a crazy standard and there’s a bill in Congress to get rid of it and everyone should make sure that bill passes. #BlackLivesMatter

[Andrew Morral @AndrewMorral]

This is an important question we have not systematically evaluated: does higher gun ownership in a community cause increased police shootings? Our recently released gun ownership database may help investigate this.

[RAND @RANDCorporation]

New study: States with the most-restrictive combination of (1) child access prevention laws, (2) right-to-carry laws, and (3) stand-your-ground laws were estimated to have 11% fewer firearm deaths than states with the least-restrictive policy combination. https://t.co/FLKYWY7Jii

[RAND @RANDCorporation]

"I would argue that systemic racism carries throughout the entire criminal justice system. We can't just talk about police. We have to talk about what happens in courts, in corrections." — @me_cahill https://t.co/J1NFVEW7tz

[Meagan Cahill @me_cahill]

@CaterinaGRoman @Euro_Gang @bethtris @Mourningshannon @Vane_elke @Emma_Alleyne @dpyrooz It was such a great trip! Good times, good times...

[Meagan Cahill @me_cahill]

Protests and Police Reform: Q&A with RAND Experts https://t.co/R486AqVlQX via @RANDCorporation

[Meagan Cahill @me_cahill]

@_garrettbaker @RANDCorporation @ana_auger @HamiltonLauraS @AdamFriedmanWFU @PennGSE @wfsocdept We’ll miss you, Garrett, but I know you’ll have a great grad school experience. Can’t wait to see where this next chapter leads you!

[CaterinaGouvisRoman @CaterinaGRoman]

Your headline is the disaster @WashingtonPost. You mean for VIRUS CONTAGION not because incarcerated now out. Stop sowing fear: ‘Disaster waiting to happen’: Thousands of inmates released as jails and prisons face coronavirus threat https://t.co/VqVXj3gdZt

[Meagan Cahill @me_cahill]

ICYMI last month: @GiffordsCourage report on the importance of solid police-community relations—trust in police greatly affects agencies’ ability to keep communities safe. https://t.co/zsDZ1BbC5r

[Meagan Cahill @me_cahill]

Only a few days left...get your submissions in!

[Gun Research Collaborative @GunResearch]

Our second request for proposals is still open! You've got until Tuesday to apply for funding for gun violence research. Learn more about the RFP and what we're looking to fund: https://t.co/uUFuI1foyp

[Meagan Cahill @me_cahill]

@Jerry_Ratcliffe Love, love, love this list!

[Meagan Cahill @me_cahill]

New Gallup poll shows gun policy as a top 5 concern of voters, but overall numbers hide stark differences between Dems & Repubs: https://t.co/pYtQvGi9Tr

[Meagan Cahill @me_cahill]

ICYMI: The @GunResearch 2020 Request for Proposals is live. We're looking to fund non-partisan, rigorous research that will provide scientific evidence on what works and what doesn't work to prevent #GunViolence. RFP here: https://t.co/lcXfWm5Bb2