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

Weld boldness and blend bravery into your life and career and you'll witness a true revelation of why your resolve and candor were exceptional, Officer Cook. You saved all Dade County from abuse and violence carried out by a troubled man. Your missions of goodwill,faith and prosperity, Officer Cook, will be solemnly remembered for their honesty, integrity and dignity. The puzzles of perseverance were complete with all the pieces of precision and prudence. Your character, Officer Cook, was part of your heroic legacy and those foundations carefully laid down. You should still be here with your family and friends, comrades from across the nation. Humanity cherished your concepts of serenity and pursuing safe passages for one and all. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 17, 2018

Those mountains of mettle and morals are very much worth climbing. You reached out far and wide to spare Dade County the humiliation of a violent man's utter tirades against the police and society in general, Officer Cook. It's clear that honesty, integrity and the visions of clarity and concise wisdom bring about much better outcomes than being a rude and disrespectful public servant. Thank God for a hero of your caliber, Officer Cook, who went about his daily affairs with charm, candor and the valor of your convictions. Always revered and admired for having humility and the proper commitments towards humanity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 17, 2018

The lynch pin to success is learning the ropes and relying upon your very intuitions of honesty, dignity and integrity. Without character your pursuits in life might become a little more difficult. Dade County was under the scopes of your superior wisdom, humble vision and humanely heroic feats of ferocity, Officer Cook. Never a more dedicated and reserved man of courage who battled tooth and nail to save those citizens from the clutches of heinousness. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 17, 2018

Precedence means something coming before something. An event or situation. What must come before even going out and defending one's pwn freedom and liberty are the fundamentals of basic honor and decorum, dignity and the serge of integrity. Of of which you had, Officer Cook and more when you heroically served Dade County citizens. The cream of class and desire all travelled through the tunnels of humility and the common senses of vision, wisdom and their truthful perspectives. Security and safety are of paramount importance and your roles, Officer Cook, were blessed and very sincere. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 16, 2018

Nothing is a cinch nor is anything clinched just yet. Violence casts their nets of seemingly never ending terror which like a wildfire can spread throughout any community rather quickly. You sped to that scene, Officer Cook, though only a block away. I'm sure if you were miles away you would have responded because of your humble nature and the manner of which you comported yourself. Only the good reflexes of honor, integrity and dignity fortified your fruitful journeys. Persistence pays off to the brave and reliable souls who search for peace. Humility was your soul's partner during your pursuits of happiness, joy and prosperity for all mankind. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. You were an endearing and engaging man of maturity, mettle and the wisdom of having great vision to perceive a problem and look to resolve it.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 16, 2018

You were polite, proud, prudent and proficient, Officer Cook, Your family and department's honored and humble hero of humanity serving all Dade County with every last ounce of inner strength of energy from your loyal and dignified heart of integrity. Wars over violence can be lost just because of lack of effort and you never lacked anything. If only those side panels were there in your day, Officer Cook. If only!/ Nonetheless your commitments and convictions were absolutely positive and helped us to regain a measure of sanity and sanctity on the roads paved with potholes of trouble. Always a decent man and deserving of all accolades of honor and nobility. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 16, 2018

Steer serenity into a community and sweep wickedness out. You prepared us, Officer Cook, for better days ahead. Those days and hours of doubt were replaced with a little inner perspective of security and humble perseverance. It is found in our heroes and heroines where their honesty, dignity and integrity bring the best sounds of some harmony for one and all. Courage and character form humanity's happiest of couples. A life and career smartly carried out. Resolve and humility were as solid as your morals and values. Heaven has a bestowed man of gifted talent patrolling those pearly gates where grace and civility can never be harmed. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 16, 2018

Durable and most versatile, your travels, tenacity and those missions on behalf of Dade County were fulfilled. You brought a new dimension to your job, Officer Cook, day in and day out. Dignity, honesty and integrity never rest while evil is out in force looking to upset the apple cart of peace, serenity and happiness for everyone. The mold was cut out when you were born my neighbor, friend and hero. It was your pride and decency that offered you the professional opportunity to serve and rescue those suffering from unrest, tension and trouble that was wondering in those streets where peril and danger seem to keep lurking. Like a jack in the box one must be ready for the unexpected. Still a loss for your wonderfully beloved family and your peers of esteem. Rest in peace.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 16, 2018

Open the good book of heroes and heroines, in Dade County you'll find many women and men who excelled at their chosen professions and when trouble beckoned there they were the consummate packages of preservation, honor and the precise dignity and integrity that must be branded when fighting adversity. You were a most admired public servant among your comrades, Officer Cook, so dedicated and determined to stamp out serious obstruction which evil and violence produces. The sweet sounds of tranquil moments are how you will fondly saluted and solemnly remembered for having the grit and gumption to fulfill your duties with great candor, wisdom and vision. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 16, 2018

The rate of excellence battling terror must be balanced in proportion to every man and woman's efforts. Bravery and courage are a police officer's best associates. So too is honesty, dignity and the incorporation of intelligence, ingenuity and integrity. It all makes any public servant's tasks a bit safer. Dade County was in good hands when you drove around patrolling and in bringing us some tranquility. Your commitment and character, Officer Cook, was of humbly heroic proportions and when distributed fairly, firmly and justly has left enhancement a cherished part of the landscape forever. Mankind honors your reverence and respect for your community, Officer Cook and the tasks of which you dealt with face to face never shirking your onuses and obligations to better serve our society. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 16, 2018

We submit our being to performing the Lord's will and your devoutness and faithfulness, Officer Cook, on behalf of Dade County has been honored and saluted for gallantry and unwavering resolve, a sacrifice that has mended those fences where your ferocity helped to restore peace and the stabilization of unity among mankind. Today, a man who comported himself with integrity and dignity is being celebrated and remembered for humanely serving and saving life. Still a career cut way too short by evil. Character just like humility and civility must be carved out and shaped like a diamond in order to get the desired outcomes of permanent serenity and the safety we all look forward to. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 16, 2018

The holidays serve to inspire and refresh our spiritual pursuits in life. You were that everlasting breath of boldness, honesty and bravery, Officer Cook and for thirty-nine years it's been a sorrowful tragedy you cannot be with your family, colleagues and friends. Though your soul soars higher every day above for your professional acumen in protecting Dade County and its residents. Destiny came calling for your character, concern and integrity all dignified humanely and heroically in fighting evil and heinousness. We won't forget your commanding crusades throughout a community that reveres you and your humility. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 16, 2018

Courtesy, honesty and safety. A three step plan with more humane and heroic steps left to climb to get to the top of tenacity which trying to extinguish terror. And of course dignity, integrity and the quality of superbly marvelous character will make a commitment to valor and resolve more impacted. You created harmony and freedom for us in Dade County where you remain honored and engraved in our thoughts and hearts. We the citizens have some stability and serene times thanks to you, Officer Cook, humanity's answer to civility, nobility and its unwavering and unselfish humility. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. God's mountains are where the brave and esteemed sleep soundly. You fought violence and evil, Officer Cook, with the best of heavenly blessed intentions.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 15, 2018

Bravery, courage and honor precede anything else. Because of you don't serve with these characteristics you might as well look for another means to earn a living. Your pursuits here in Dade County on behalf of mankind, Officer Cook, have Our Master's fingerprints stamped upon them as you succeeded in at least trying to calm a disturbed man from taking out more violence than he cast already. You have been and always are a hero of the top of the line dignity, integrity and the righteousness that made your difficult missions more serene and humble. Meaningful and fruitful, if only those journeys through our community where you remain distinguished and admired could have continued. May 16,1979 is and will forever be a day emotionally attached to your beloved family and humble comrades who like yourself hung in and fought for our harmony and taciturn moments of happiness. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Officer Cook, you were a dedicated and talented man of extraordinary means who meant the world to your family and the entire police nation.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 15, 2018

A struggling actor is one thing. An officer who gets hung up on basics may have severe problems when encountering evil. Their might and hopes may begin to fall and in essence the lives of innocent people may be lost. Your courage and convictions Officer Cook, were spot on in your fights over terror here in Dade County. A leader by example, an honored man of humanity whose own integrity, character and dignity remain like your heroic self, perpetually saluted. For having wisdom and virtue, may your blessed soul of vision and candor be rewarded in Our Maker's nest of heroines and heroes who believed in truth and trust making way for safe travels and a sense of serenity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 15, 2018

Hope is lost if trust and truth are lost along those trails of justice. It never wavered nor was absent from your diligent patrols of Dade County, Officer Cook. Forever determined to weed out evil and deliver peace and harmony, stability and togetherness. Your character and dignity along with honor and bravery only fortified your integrity during those wars over violence and terror. We can claim some solace and sense of salvation as we offer our solemn salutes of serenity and valor to you, Officer Cook. May God take your treasured soul of affirmation into HIs loving arms and cradle you with His own special brand of humility. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Those bricks of boldness symbolize your heroic commitment to morals, pride and excellence.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 15, 2018

Desertion is a cowardly means of escaping the truth of reality. Maybe Mr. Pearsall before he acted that day should have thought long and hard, really pondered his actions before shooting up Liberty City and taking your life, Officer Cook and nearly those of your sincerest of colleagues. Their lives have gone on even with pain from their injuries, while yours ended sadly and so too your integrity, honor and dignity. Al used for a heavenly purpose, to try and keep Dade County safe and tranquil. A tough task. The assignments more larger and the stakes higher. And yet as the stress level increases, your principles, morals and mettle too amped up a notch higher. We will never forget your instincts and ingenuity as they were as good as your humility and vigilance which made the venues more civil. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 15, 2018

As you welcome another member of the police fraternity into heaven , Officer Cook, your family and colleagues know that bright smile and engaging personality will shelter him from harm. Officer Jermaine Brown was from your department, had fifteen years as a public servant, left a wife and children behind. His wife also worked for the agency. He was killed in an ATV accident. I know your dignity, integrity and honor will accentuate his soul into the skies above as he takes humble hold of those angelic wings. The ones you earned for having the fortitude and humility to preserve Dade County lives. A commitment to excellence worth saluting. No better man of character, maturity. wisdom and vision working those perilous roads than yourself. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 15, 2018

Absorbing rebuke takes acumen and a sometimes tough skin. But what is necessary is just that. As all honest and brave servants must serve and protect life and property by the same code of ethics and department standards. You performed in an outstanding and most humbly heroic fashion, Officer Cook. Dade County and its folks were serviced by a loving and good natured man of gallantry and character, all the finest of integrity and dignity enabling those of us to live sounder and more secure lives. Humility followed on your trails of tenacity of which ferocity never wavered. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 15, 2018

Wickedness leaves more than queasy stomachs. It leaves a trail of bloodshed and terror that can make the work of any dignified public servant that much harder to do. Resolve and effort become tougher. Stress, duress and whatever else needed to stabilize an area becomes more involved. You kept your solemn oath, Officer Cook and transformed Dade County and its residents into a more safe and trusting region. Violence and its ruination can't spell any good and where trouble lurks there you were, Officer Cook, complete with character, honesty and integrity to battle like never before for us. Mankind and humanity felt your gentle wings of boldness and now where you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero, those humble and heroic wings of bravery are shielding us as God will never allow any more harm to come your way. Keep looking down upon your mother and family.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 15, 2018

Inspiration only serves as our motivation to explore and to reach beyond our capacities and capabilities. You strived for peace and serenity here in Dade County, Officer Cook and it was tragic that you could not live on to see your dreams and missions through until you retired. Violence perpetrated by a man bent on evil took your life of honor and humility, dignity, diligence, integrity and intuition. Yet somehow the good Lord has rewarded you for your undying and heroically brave efforts and has provided the impetus for your family members and esteemed colleagues to carry on with your morals and ideals as a part of your legacy which is etched into humanity's hearts and minds. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 15, 2018

Mercy and compassion shall follow the life of an honest and decent man all his days and years. It's where peace, unity and liberty reach out to gently stroke the wings of one another. Your friendly grace, Officer Cook, was the beckoning call to serve and rescue the folks and your comrades calling out for your assistance. If that outstanding character, charm and personality could have kept your caring and gentle golden heart beating still, God could have waited for the right moment for your coming home to heaven. Integrity and ingenuity, dignity and civility launching their resolve off of each other. The salutes keep coming, Officer Cook, we and your beloved family treasure the role God gave you to make serenity in humanity a foundational tool of occupation to overcome and to rid our world of this insatiable evil. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 14, 2018

Bravery is bounded by honor at one side and integrity and dignity on the other sides. Dade County was well documented for having its episodes of evil and unrest and from that tensions started running high. You came along, Officer Cook and tried your utmost to diffuse a terrible domestic incident on May 16, 1979, doing all in your power to calm down a nasty man whose character escalated into him wanting to shoot and kill police. Sadly, God must have needed your special soul, Officer Cook, in his fortress to watch over your family and professional peers. Mankind and humanity thank you for your heroic deeds of determination. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. The good go to a safer haven where their ingenuity and vision are well preserved.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 14, 2018

Reality sometimes strikes when you least expect it to. Dade County experienced outbreaks of terror and torment and when decent and honorable public servants came upon those scenes the public was better served. Your life and career, Officer Cook, meant Dade County's citizens would be protected on a top notch level. You take one's integrity and dignity and pair them with vision and wisdom, you can rest assured that peace and serenity then become a more rational stable. You have been missed, Officer Cook, all these decades later and so many changes which everyone is so sorry you could not witness personally. Your humble character and humility were cherished and for having the loyalty, devotion and motivation, may you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Esteem and gallantry come forward as do bravery and valor. In some it's inbred in others it takes some more training.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 14, 2018

When the cannons are shot, the cannon balls go flying. When violence flies into a community only the good, the prideful and excellently trained men and women shall go out on patrol and try and restore peace. Dade County was always under your greatest supervision, Officer Cook, a man and a superb public servant whose honesty, integrity and dignity were the cornerstones of your humane and humble character. Unity and effort go together and since you have departed from this world, Officer Cook, we have been a little less safer. Just sad, terrible and tragic to have your missions and hopes dashed by a diabolical man bent on heinous evil. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 14, 2018

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