Abigail Becker:

Activists have called for the end of the police strategy, which utilizes the element of surprise, since police officers in Louisville, Kentucky, shot and killed Breonna Taylor in a raid in 2020. The Dane County Sheriff’s Office historically has used no-knock warrants sparingly. 

By adopting the resolution Thursday, Supervisor Carousel Bayrd, District 8, said board members “stand behind the Dane County way” and oppose the way no-knock warrants have been used across the nation to “perpetuate the war on drugs.”