Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

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

Off the cuff routines are not always prescribed. Although, at times to ad lib is not always a realization. rational and honor must be utilized when battling against an enemy such as violence and any related crime. Your passions, Officer Cook, brought you to Dade County where you grew up in a loving home where manners and dignity was preached, practiced and learned. Nothing but sadness over losing you at such a young age with more lessons still ahead. Peril And danger were replaced by serenity and harmony, goodwill among mankind. Your humility, Officer Cook, remains totally encased in God's loving heavens above where you and your humbly stoic heroism and character are residing forever. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 14, 2018

The goal is to punish those evildoers and bless those humane and peaceful servants who steer right into the heart of horror. You can't run and hide. You went right into the teeth of something so wanton and terrible that day, Officer Cook. A fine man with a pedigree of precision and dignity supporting your labors of character, honesty and integrity. Dade County and its folks were left much better off because of your unselfish actions of humility to go along with your heroism. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. A cornerstone stays enhanced so long as all future men and women carry on with your legacy, Officer Cook, the way your lived and led other brave souls.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 14, 2018

Playing a flute produces sweet and soft sounds. You beat those drums in high school loud and clear, Officer Cook, just as you walked on Our Creator's pavements to patrol Dade County loud and humble. Violence saw you and your honorable pathways in dealing with such strife and callousness. If only Mr. Pearsall heeded your directions we might not be reflecting upon your career and life. One filled with joy and security, integrity and the ingenuity that dignity delivers to outstanding morals and mettle. A foundation of fruitful journeys well laid out and just sorry you could not have finished what you started and you will be remembered as a hero of esteem and courage forevermore. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. The accolades would have been saved for another time.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 14, 2018

The aim of officers is to strike at evil and take it down for good. Your missions, Officer Cook, were undertaken for the sake and vitality of all Dade County residents. No more a humble and competently honorable soul than yourself tackling issues with dignity and integrity. All heart and all character that represents your humane and heroic legacy. Today, we salute your life of humility and give peace and thanks for a job well done. Resolve and acumen as well as commitment to both excellence and pride. The Lord gives and He takes His brave children back home to a place where perfection and valor constitute one's solemn passions. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 14, 2018

The doctrine of divinity is to be honest and open, brave and operate your life and career with nothing but dignity and integrity. God's divine grace shined down upon your sweet disposition, Officer Cook, a gentleman with a trustworthy demeanor and conclusive character that sought out serious trouble when Dade County was in dire need. You came and rescued the citizens and your colleagues and made everlasting safety and unity your desired aspiration. Destiny then sadly came calling for you at the tender young age of twenty-five with more left to pursue. Violence and its taking of a life can never be vindicated nor can you be brought back to finish out your career and a life with your beloved, Karen. Principles, values, goals and dreams can all get quashed in a heartbeat by evil's unleashed powers. God's humility shines upon your soul, of wisdom and passion. All the right reasons why your service was very much greatly appreciated. Its scopes of surveillance were focused on us, your family and department who salutes your ingenuity and creativity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Respect for mankind is admiration for a public servant's job done well.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 13, 2018

Conclusions are usually based on facts not fiction or heresay. You went about your business, Officer Cook, with only the best of intentions, integrity and the honesty of having humble dignity. It solves more problems and dilemmas than you think. A man of cherished and respected appeal calming down the citizens of Dade County during some pretty turbulent times. The going gets tough the resolute and committed get down to the professional affairs ahead. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Crime and evil were fairly and truthfully handled during your watch. Always the greatest care and compassion for humanity. God's humble abode has your humility and virtue sealed forever in those walls of bravery and vision.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 13, 2018