Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Police Officer William Coleman Cook

Metro-Dade Police Department, Florida

End of Watch Wednesday, May 16, 1979

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Reflections for Police Officer William Coleman Cook

On e mistake, one misfire or miscalculation can lead any public servant into a web of wickedness. That one event, one last call sadly you answered and gave your life for Dade County, Officer Cook, has been indelibly etched into your family's hearts, the citizens' hearts and into the marble and granite walls of heroic honor here in Miami at Tropical Park and in Our Nation's Capitol. The humblest of human beings all dignified, all honorable and all was class, bravery and integrity's character. Never a better servant, Officer Cook, who labored tirelessly on behalf of his community than yourself. God has your respected and admired soul of civility, wisdom and vision in His skies above to keep watch over those who pursue evil and to permit us to experience joy in our lives. This was your pleasure and happiness that was usurped and violently taken from you. Always honored. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 23, 2019

The humility to stay calm and collected during that stressful day, Officer Cook, surely your blessed name and treasured soul will be humbly saluted for integrity and the reverence of dignity. A uniform and badge worn distinctly and with much discretion. Never more enhancing than your accomplishment in harmony and tranquility entering the friendly confines of all Dade County. A humane and dedicated man on a special mission of mettle and principles. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 23, 2019

Hostility bring with it the baggage of mistrust, dishonor and humiliation to our society. Your truth and trust, Officer Cook, your tenacious ways of dealing with conflict brought the people of Dade County closer than ever before. Security and peace, transparency and effort all made by your heroic and unselfish character, care and concern for mankind and your humility which was front and center during episodes of evil. Always fondly remembered and solemnly saluted. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 23, 2019

Sadly, the blind can't see. The deaf can't hear. One who can't communicate is sad. To tarnish the pristine image of society by wanton and terrible evil is simply tragic. Police make their way out onto the streets and roads to permeate a felling of goodwill and friendship. Just what you did, Officer Cook, honoring Our Maker in liberating Dade County from the clutches of callousness and one cowardly man. Your dignity and humble integrity and humane heroism, Officer Cook, evoke memories of a young man taken too soon who brought civility and sanctity to all humanity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 23, 2019

A pit of perseverance and proficiency is better than a hole of mistrust and distortion of the truth. Your fine manners and courtesies, Officer Cook, brought a reliance of peace and goodwill to all Dade County residents. Never more character and always a treasured heroic legacy bounded by humility and excellence in all you did for society. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 22, 2019

Plant a seed and it eventually grows. Boldness and bravery blossom from the beginnings of honesty, truth and trust. Trust your instincts and dignity will shadow your flights every moment. They did as you so solemnly pursue devil on behalf of Dade County, Officer Cook. A man whose friendship was his faith , devoutness his goodwill and a spirit of humility what has blessed mankind. A very noble and treasured soul whose life and police career made us better citizens able to carry on your heroic legacy as your family and police comrades have done all these decades later. A long time has passed and you'll be revered and admired forevermore, Officer Cook. A gentleman of principles, conviction and motivational leadership skills. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 22, 2019

The sweet smell of success is blessed by Our Heavenly Creator, Officer Cook and for nearly forty years, Badge#1664 and its wearer has been cherished and revered for greatness. Honesty, Liberty. Dignity and integrity all positioned according to the stars at night when your mortal soul, Officer Cook, uplifts those downtrodden and less fortunate. You took Dade County and planted relief and resiliency which in turn has been transmitted to all future men and women. Heroes and heroines all brave and humbly faithful to those perilous calls of duty. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Class, desire, decency and character. You cannot begin the battles over such a foe without any of these traits.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 22, 2019

That was one hellish afternoon of horror in Liberty City, Officer Cook, when you stood face to face and toe to toe protecting and heroically saving lives of the people of Dade County and your fellow officers. What a man! What a humble representative of humanity whose own morals and mettle were as good as your honor, wisdom, integrity and dignity. You stood up with humility and stabilized a community having a difficult time comprehending why such a day of misery and terrible circumstances left you laying in the streets giving your resolve and humane sacrifice for the sounds of peace and quiet to echo in an area that honors your service upon mankind. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 22, 2019

Drinking and driving don't mix. And neither does dishonor and mistrust. Society has a problem releasing those committing crimes against the establishment and for what transpired with you, Officer Cook, your family and department should never have had to experience another tragedy again. Dade County and its repertoire of citizens respected your sincerest of efforts my neighbor, friend and hero which stabilized a region where doom and gloom were falling like no tomorrow. You are a hero, Officer Cook,, whose brilliant soul was immediately transported to the heavens above where your honesty, integrity and dignity can never be struck down by anything. Rest in peace.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 22, 2019

Violence must be uprooted if the sensations of security and serenity are to take root. You were a marvelous and wonderful young man, Officer Cook, with so much more left to accomplish. For twenty-five years of loyal and effective service on behalf of all Dade County, it's heroic honor, dignity and integrity such as yours will never go undone. Your life and career concluded way too soon at the hands of a madman bent on revenge whatever. Your excellent character and humility allowed humanity to overcome adversity. A man of wisdom and resolve centered on protecting lives. Your loved ones dearly miss you, Officer Cook and so too your friends and brave colleagues. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. A hearty salute of gallantry makes all the sense in the world especially when our dearest risk life and soul for fruitful passages.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 22, 2019

Arrange and assign. The tasks at hand are filled with peril and remind us never to take life for granted. Nothing you accomplished, Officer Cook, was off course. Everything, your honor, decency and integrity were on line and focused as you saved and served the interests of all Dade County. The commitment to pride and excellence was great and was your dignity, stellar and outstanding. Heroic and humanely humble beyond any shadow of reservation. We honor your sacrifice and unassuming personality which took accountability and responsibility quite seriously. Never out of sight or far from our hearts. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Humanity benefited from your amazing grace and courage. Humble and greatly esteemed.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 22, 2019

Healthy, peaceful and brave. Your hopes and dreams, Officer Cook, carry on in your peers of bravery and in your family's routes of joy they travel down. The hero in you inspired and allowed our goodwill to proceed with humility as God Himself gave you your angel's wings by which to soar higher, may the prosperity and peace you laid down your life for Officer Cook, be blessed, cherished and rewarded as a token of our thanks for your loyalty and kindred spirit. Boldness, civility and nobility all heroic in nature shadowing your soul forever in God's peaceful and perfect land where nothing ever will harm you again. Violence and wickedness should have never interrupted your career and trails of tenacity for a happy life. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 22, 2019

Humility and piousness all from a very devout and dedicated professional. Your undying honor and respect, Officer Cook, led the way for other valiant and humble men and women to follow in. I sure hope their dignity and integrity come close to matching yours, Never a day goes on without remembering your wit and smile. It all helped to serve and to protect the Dade County area where you lived and thrived. Enhancement lives on in your beloved family members who strive for that degree of humility and achievement as you so passionately did. Safety, security and liberty are being led by God's gentle wings of wonder. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Character to be humbly paid homage to forevermore.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 22, 2019

The days of our lives rotate and revolve around an axis of hopeful acumen, awareness of circumstances and being astute. A bear finds its food. Good solid law enforcement find evil and attempt to eliminate it from our land. Your watch, Officer Cook, was comprised of being on top of situations in Dade County that would lead to serenity and security for mankind. A concerned and humble man with character and conviction looking for some piece of perseverance to see you through. God has your total aptitude of wisdom, integrity, honesty and dignity safely in His giant palms for eternal safekeeping. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 22, 2019

Never know what is going to happen today. If something occurs probably better if it is for a positive affect. Your loyal and heroic actions on behalf of Dade County, Officer Cook, created the atmosphere for harmony and freedom for all to pursue peace and happiness in their lives. Surely sad your life and career had to end at the dreaded hands of a violent and insane man. Nonetheless, your honor validated humanity, your dignity
perpetuated our community and the wisdom of your integrity incorporated goodwill,character, faith and resolve where it rightfully belongs. We salute your intensity and unwavering heroism and its humility. All what our society demands from good and hard working public servants. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 22, 2019

Eternity is that everlasting marriage and bonding of all honorable,humble and humanely heroic men and women. Their dignities and integrities lie peacefully under Our Lord's sheltered palaces. It's where perfection, preservation and perseverance have no opponent other than evil. you performed your central roles, Officer Cook, better than most of your colleagues and the cherished soul that you possessed granted us serenity, security and lasting tranquility thanks to your stellar character and supreme sacrifice. Never doubted or buffaloed. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Humility and humanity uphold your faith, wisdom and goodwill. It was all in your life and career voyages,missions and heavenly journeys to our austerity and freedom of movement

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 21, 2019

Police work is that humble bond that consolidates honor with decency and dignity while integrity stays glued to your side. All the humility and esteem that allowed Dade County, Officer Cook, to be free of harm. But very tragically on May 16, 1979, your character and class were ambushed by an awful act perpetrated by Mr.Pearsall. He provoked the hearts of all citizens and police who strive for unity and the respites of resolve and taciturn times. Your cherished soul, Officer Cook, will forever be eternally saluted and honored for forging the boldness your peers and family knew you had in your genes of greatness. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. What burned in your heart, Officer Cook, was a quest to yearn. What lit Mr. Pearsall's heart? Heaven and Our Creator only know.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 21, 2019

Applying a little grease to your efforts never hurt anyone. Sometimes whatever is necessary must be utilized to conquer an enemy so large as terror. Your endeavor, Officer Cook, spared Dade County and its folks the audacity of a wicked and callous man. he took your life of humbleness and honor right from under your dignity and integrity. A hero of the highest regard for his fellowman you will be revered, respected and remembered for your reliability when tough moments called for motivation. You were a great son, husband, brother, uncle and great-uncle, Officer Cook. With outstanding convictions and uplifting character were you able to go out on patrol and keep liberty and peace close to our sides. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 21, 2019

You show your true inner being when you involve yourself in any community. Its peace and prosperity resting on your every movement, Officer Cook, a righteous man and devout public servant. Hope and trust can take truth to venue sit has never seen before. Your honor and dignity, Officer Cook, was well placed as was your integrity and ingenuity. A life and heroic career carved out of sanctity, noble deeds and the civility for which mankind lives. Never a more progressive thinker and capable gentleman of gallantry who seized the wickedness off of Dade County pavements. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 21, 2019

The insane and immoral continue defiling our world. Their quests must be quieted forever if unity and civility are to carry on. Dade County under your eagle eyes, ears and sweet soul, Officer Cook, had many tormenting times for which your cool and calming voice prevailed. and so did your character, commitment to morals, mettle and pride Honesty being the very best policy allowed your sense of humility and fairness to trail your integrity and infinite dignity down those trails where peace and resolve were called for. Solemnly we honor humanity and your treasured spirit , Officer Cook, for instilling a renewed enhancement within our society. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 21, 2019

By land, by sea or by air, crime must be handled. You surely handled Dade County, Officer Cook, with honor, feeling and your humble brand of ferocity. The stability and harmony we experience is because of your undying and unassuming heroism. You can be sure dignity, character and your unabashed integrity won't be forgotten. You'll be saluted for courage and valor, resolve and the tenacity to battle through adversity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 21, 2019

Rancid and raunchy, violence ruins the best laid plans of society by unleashing its devastating doom upon any given locale. You placed your life and career in danger's way, Officer Cook, to shield Dade County's folks from these and other troublesome outcomes. You take a devoted public servant of honesty and humility and add some dignity and ingenuity to integrity's fortitude and what you get is excellent and prudent service that spread some safety and a semblance of serenity throughout humanity. Your humility and humbleness, Officer Cook, brought good cheer and goodwill into our community where you continue to be so honored and humanely saluted for bravery and boldness over and beyond the calls of duty. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. The grind of some keeps going forward. Your pilgrimages have been catapulted heaven's way. It's where valor and perfection greet one another to walk those proverbial beats while guarding those golden and sacred roads of resolve.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 20, 2019

Evil can be so secretive it can lure one into a false sense of security and hope. But, you were scouring the many venues in Dade County, Officer Cook,looking for some sense of peace and stability. Your honor, integrity and dignity all were constructed into the buildings of faith and goodwill for all mankind. Always class, decency and desire from a gentleman of gallantry and principles which accentuated your journeys and life and career pathways. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 20, 2019

As I grow older, Officer Cook, just to wonder what you would look like today. You probably would still have a full head of hair and that gorgeous smile. The face of a young man cut down by another man's evil compulsions and terror perpetrated against Dade County's people and its establishment. A man of honesty, bravery and boldness focusing on some integrity and dignity to get through these absurd times. We'll never forget your heroism, Officer Cook, the lasting bonds of character and humility when resolve and vision are upheld by wisdom and that word maturity. Your grace and ingenuity helped to bring in peace and to mend those broken fences where stability and tranquility shall forever reign. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Everything your family dreamed of and pursue is a forever dedication to your humane and quite esteemed legacy. A cornerstone and foundation well planned out and well built for us desiring goodwill, hope and the faith presented by God's divine graces. Pictures never lie. Just seeing your smiling face, Officer Cook, behind Old Glory makes me want to sob like a baby! At twenty-five your destinies were planned by the Master Himself, though your family and comrades surely have many unanswered questions, why? Life continues for them. You'll be forever in their hearts,minds and prayers for the future as father time marches forward.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 20, 2019

The tank never ran dry when you peacefully patrolled Dade County's different areas. Officer Cook, being confident was a resource you did not take for granted. Its harmony and stability were riding on your undying honor, dignity and integrity to see your missions and their visions through until completion. Unfortunately, Our Creator had other plans for a brave and humble public servant. You set the building blocks in order for all future men and women to determined to follow in your footsteps. Great genes and excellent character and amazing commitment. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 20, 2019

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