Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Courage and honor are tools of the profession to be handled with extreme caution. They are appliances of being astute and having the faculties of awareness and acumen. Your whole life and public career, Officer Cook, rotated around the axis of honesty and integrity. It surely made your dignity and character that much more humane and heroic while saving Dade County from the throes of evil. Your family and peers all have saluted your wonderful soul of unity and liberty, humility's response to one's fighting heart of gold. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 3, 2019

When one gallant and humble servant falls all men and women fall. Success and failure generate enough motivation to capture an enemy that can take its toll on any venue. You planned and prepared for a fight, Officer Cook, not just on May 16, 1979, everyday. Once sparks fly, ferocity and dignity must fly with honor and reverence. You remain a trusted and faithful man who assisted in bringing in peace and the frames of more security than ever before. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 3, 2019

Tense and emotional are the moments when terror strikes a community. You lead others,Officer Cook, through hazardous conditions when you patrolled the Dade County venues. Never more honor, vigilance and vitality then when you applied your heroic stamina and the integrity that makes dignity mean something. Mankind salutes your valor, humility and kind gestures of faith and hope as you endeavored to battle this monster of a nemesis. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 3, 2019

Blasting away to peel off the persistence of evil, your fortitude, Officer Cook, raised the bar of excellence here in Dade County for other brave and honest women and men top follow in. When character, conviction and commitment become clouded and confused, then that's the time to dig deeper and further down to solicit answers that might assist with finding some resolve. Your dignity, integrity and honor never was questioned, Officer Cook and so too should you have been allotted more years. Our Maker directs our destinies and for you, my neighbor, friend and hero, Officer Cook, your soul has been enriching heaven all these decades later. More light and less violence would be just the good cheer that society needs. Rest in peace.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 3, 2019

The kicker of courage and honesty is that it must be an everyday trait of all affirmed public servants. Not a just once a week ritual. Your compassion ,Officer Cook and passion made your trails of tenacity more meaningful. Your motivational leadership skills cemented your heroic legacy forever in the eyes of all Dade County citizens. Their happiness, peace and health all the result of your diligent work, Officer Cook, trying to stop the adverse advances of violence and terror. God's solar system has your engaging smile and humbleness watching the forts of ferocity where His pearly gates are well guarded. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 3, 2019

Determination triumphs over desertion. Your steadfast loyalty, Officer Cook, symbolized the need for tranquility and freedom to be moved around those very corridors of Dade County. Goodwill and humility helping preserve the integrity and the dignity of society. An honored man giving his life for a cause and the purposes of why good women and men are essential to our survivals. An enhancing conviction and character to be surely heroically saluted and paid homage to. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 3, 2019

The loss of a beloved family member and department colleague can be most excruciating. Your loss, Officer Cook, was tragic and sad for when a man bravely and honorably spreads goodwill and peace we must be prepared to salute your honor, integrity and dignity. Dade County was afforded superior service when you patrolled those very streets where harm and evil should be restored and serenity and unity replacing them. A gentleman of character and commitment giving humanity his every ounce of endeavor. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 3, 2019

Never haunted and surely acting fearlessly, your days and years, Officer Cook ,were well spent toiling for some staple of safety for Dade County. Your life and dignity garnered the respect and mutual admiration of the entire police world and of course here where you grew up and began your steps up the ladders of mettle and leadership. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Exactly how your family and peers have etched your heart into their own. Legacies are earned not passed out like bubble gum. You earned Our Lord's bounty of blessings, Officer Cook, for bravery and boldness in commitment.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 2, 2019

Consideration and respect earn their stripes when one's honesty and integrity run side by side during times of terror. Your character, Officer Cook, was excellent and served Dade County quite well. Humanity was well received by your loving embraces and left no doubt your dutiful calls were very decisive indeed. The humbleness of a heroic man, your life and times , Officer Cook, reflected everything expected from a public servant. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 2, 2019

Lush foliage is great to see. What's better to witness? Peace and stability to a region searching for an identity. Dade County is an area that looks to the police from some balance of tranquility and you did your part, Officer Cook, precisely.Honor. Integrity and the wisdom of dignity to expose danger and replace it with some normalcy. You know you did well when colleague salute your honor and pay tribute to your unwavering tenacity, humanity's measure of your humility. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. A career that had a lot more in the tank to utilize, it's sad it could not continue onward. You were the consummate professional, Officer Cook.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 2, 2019

Comets drop from the sky and are jettisoned to the earth below. All dignified and respected public servants must take their honor, integrity and dignity to the streets where they risk everything for safety and quiet. Your goodwill and faith, officer spearheaded perseverance and the quality of life Dade County was searching for. A trust man an d a hero forever linked to his humility, your career and civility, Officer Cook, have duly remembered for your all around good nature and loyalty. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Tragedies usually uplift a family's spirits though the pain, grief, hurt and sorrow really never truly disappear. You are truly missed Officer Cook. Never a finer man and human being!

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 2, 2019

The A through Z's of police work are not as easy as you would think. You can deliberate as much as possible, until you are in those shoes with a gun and badge strapped on your waist, you cannot ever envision why things happen, go wrong as they did that fateful day, Officer Cook. Dade County, your comrades, family and friends paid honor to your fighting spirit and heroism beyond what dignity and integrity tell us of your humane and humble life. You went before you had a chance t olive and accomplish more for civilization. No rationale, but fierce effort and gumption to match. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 2, 2019

Destiny deserves its day in the sun. Yet, there are no rhymes or reasons why its travels get curtailed or permanently cancelled. God saw your excellence, Officer Cook, honored and revered work protecting Dade County. He must have needed another angel to help keep the chains of dignity, integrity and fortitude moving perfectly in sync in His abode. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Giving us serenity, safety and security sometimes has a lesson to be learned. Well as a leader and as a follower, Officer Cook, those programs were taken to a higher sphere for further eternal analysis. May your cherished soul be most blessed, its humanity's way of rewarding your resolve.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 2, 2019

Crime provides fits for its most reliable. You just never really understand why violent times take place. You took up a cause of purpose and justified your department's vision with your future, Officer Cook, as an excellent and honored public servant. Dade County was in turbulent times that day of May 16, 1979, when for no good reason a man young like you opened fire against your comrades and civilians. He took your life and almost ended their lives. Befitting for one who has character and humble heroics, you can be quite certain you will be duly remembered for everything given for our missions of goodwill to keep marching forward. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 2, 2019

Rumor and innuendo don't romance honesty and dignity. bravery, morals and integrity are always under the scrutiny of the lights. The press has its freedoms and so do the people of Dade County. Your undying courtesies, Officer Cook, forevermore made you a saluted hero of valor and convictions led you to become a great man and a fine policeman. The heavens smile with your bright presence, though you should be here now living in your retirement. Never better principles of character that humility in you uplifted our downtrodden spirits. From those big blue skies keep shining down humbleness on your loving family and inspirational comrades of esteem. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 2, 2019

Testimony lives and resides in eternity. A living memorial for your diligent and vigilant service protecting Dade County, Officer Cook. God's quilts and blankets have you covered and well secured. Well endowed in endeavor, efficiency and the perspectives of dignity and integrity, the honorable man you were, Officer Cook, humanity was treated to those saintly gifts of humility and civility that brought down harmony and unity for everyone striving for more. Wish you had more life and years to pursue your chosen joys in life. Your hobbies and photography all vitally important, it was your desire to make that crime scene squad. God hastened your calling where the views and pictures are forever exquisite and perfect.; Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 2, 2019

A master instructor, a great leader and a marvelous motivator, all during your young and relatively short career, Officer Cook. Six years of thinking, reacting and heroic effort beyond the professional responses to duty. When evil terror and violence threatened Dade County you did not turn away. You went toe to toe and keeping with your unselfish character kept this man from further harming other officers and residents while risking and giving your life for our peace of mind. You are a friend and legend, Officer Cook, to be celebrated, saluted and paid homage for your natural resolve and dedication. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 2, 2019

Your virtue, Officer Cook, validated your valor and vivid pursuits of enigmatic evil that permeated the streets and venues of Dade County. Your attitude and total fortitude cast a courageous net over an area that relied upon your basic instincts. An for having having and decorum in your life and career may Our Lord the Almighty shelter your visual and wise soul of redemption and loyal faith among other angelic heroes and heroines. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 2, 2019

Life has its uniquely set of circumstances that call for certain actions of faith and ferocity. Dade County needed more than persona, magnetism and charm to see it through violence. They had your beloved and respected soul, Officer Cook, authority and honesty when necessary. Dignity and desire just as God Himself implanted integrity into your framework of character and your convictions. All made as a commitment to principles and pride. Precision is logical decision. You did your part, Officer Cook,trying to restore calmness amid the bedlam. Never more saluted and stoically honored for being a true and trusted hero. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 2, 2019

There are no misnomers regarding your maturity and matter of fact honesty and intellectual integrity and dignity, Officer Cook. it created that heavenly made peace and promise for Dade County's citizens. The best of plans and who knew how sad things that day would transpire? You will always be humbly,heroically and humanely saluted for having a charm and decency that was simply outstanding. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 2, 2019

Dirty laundry must be washed. Filth on the streets must be sanitized and taken to a dumpster where it's destroyed. You tried your honest and best way to save Dade County from unfathomable violence. Officer Cook. all the heart of a hero whose integrity and dignity allowed you the chance to corral evil and present some semblance of humility and tranquility to mankind. Always reverent and most adored. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 2, 2019

The powers that be are from heaven. They drive, steer and navigate our very compasses around society and even in perilous times. His mercy endures forever as does your bright soul of honor and heroic deeds, Officer Cook. A public servant who was not looking for accolades, just a sense of awareness and acumen through dignity, honesty and integrity that stood up for Dade County, humility and mankind's enhancements. Honored and etched firmly in your family and comrades' hearts. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 2, 2019

You pray before and after consuming God's gracious bounties. Your family and friends, colleagues all prayed at the hospital for you, Officer Cook, hoping for the best of news. Your mighty dignity and humanely heroic honesty and integrity purified Dade County from the vile and reviling stench of serious evil. Character takes sometimes many lessons to finally know what is expected of you. Badge#1664 never needed motivating or prodding, just trust and security for a humanely civilized area. We respect and salute your character and commitments to vision and wisdom, Officer Cook, tremendously absent today and always. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 2, 2019

The power of speech is when to keep one's tongue in check. When terror and turmoil team with torment, tenacity and honest actions are better than letting loose with an uncorked mouth and lips to match. You were a gritty and determined young man, Officer Cook. A humble virtuoso when it came time to dig deep inside and save all mankind and your community of Dade County from the commissions of bodily injury and worse than that death. All your life was a healthy characterization of the basic tenets and fundamentals of clean and refined speech. Honorable actions, heroism in integrity and the dashboards of dignity all helping to not only cope but to dismantle doom and just pure evil. You made society feel at ease with less burdens and more revealing humility and sanity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Your batteries were charged and loaded with boldness and nothing but outstanding bravery in duty's calls. Saluted and fondly honored for caring and concern.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 2, 2019

Obstruction hinders a world of good people. Danger, peril, violence and wickedness heinously take innocent lives and extort the efforts of finely brave and serene servants who look to put out the fires of fierce mayhem. Your parameters, Officer Cook, were to pursue and destroy all threats against mankind which tries to dignify honesty, integrity and the pendulums of perseverance and its letters of humility and character. You were a rich man in the sense of all your passions, dreams, goals and aspirations you compassionately reached out for, Officer Cook. There is no happiness or joy even as your heroic and cherished soul hovers above looking out after your beloved family. Evil at one man's hands stole beautiful heart away from us and your co-workers who smiled when you made them laugh. Just makes me sad! Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. I have missed your friendship all these decades later as I grow older and so should you and Karen have been allowed to age gracefully together as a happy and healthy couple.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 2, 2019