Metro-Dade Police Department, Florida
End of Watch Wednesday, May 16, 1979
Reflections for Police Officer William Coleman Cook
The train slowly moves down the tracks of tenacity with its engines of effort, energy and efficiency blowing at full tilt. The blasts can be deafening and yet you stood in there, Officer Cook and fought like a man of honesty, integrity and dignity should do in procuring peace and decorum for all Dade County. What a welcome relief! We can stand proud and humble that a soul as treasured as yours was, Officer Cook, the good vibrations of vigilance and virtues were there to greet us daily. It is made in the hearts and souls of your good convictions that allowed happiness to prosper rather than to dowdle. It is now up to those men and women of the future to embrace the past, but to stay on course and to honor those past heroes whose feats of ferocity tried their utmost to eliminate terror, torment and torture, its turmoil can be quite revealing and nothing worse than tyranny it hits home like an anvil. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 16, 2018
Things appear. They come and go. It is more difficult to wipe away the bad from our midst. You'll be remembered, Officer Cook, for your mentality and warrior mode that saved Dade County, its people and your fellow officers from more violence that nearly took them away as you sadly were from your family. Beloved and special, the Cook's were mainstays here in North MIami Beach, Florida, a community where you were raised and grew up to become the heroic of humility and of honor that bestowed the generosity of gallantry and grace upon mankind. A building block of boldness and commitment that along with your unselfish character and commitment to pride and excellence distributed desire and devotion among all persons. Our taciturn times and safe travels can be directly attributed to your actual nobility and civility whose sanctity worked wonders during your time., God took your special soul, Officer Cook, back to heaven His serene venue where you can safely patrol His golden streets and sacred pearly gates. Nothing can stop your dedication and motivation now as you are nestled with all your friends o flaw enforcement, angelic heroes and heroines of the highest regard for respect,loyalty , faithfulness and reverence. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 16, 2018
There are no tricks in battling terror. You cannot just make things such as violence and wickedness disappear. The radar is hot and ready for those brave souls of valor to kick in and get rid of complacency and callousness from our society. You were a very blessed and special angel, Officer Cook, whose life passion was to become avery humble, heroic and fine public servant. Dade County lose smore when our most honest and dignified give their lives for a cause. Peace and serenity, harmony, unity and stability require the special labors of resolve, resiliency and fighting integrity. Like a ship your dignity and courtesies, Officer cook, sailed far and wide throughout Dade County rebuilding good relationships and cementing a steady foundation for future aspirations and their loyal fruitions. Never better in all aspects of acumen, awareness and alertness. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Vision and wisdom were the conclusions of your cherished soul and life of careful and engaging contemplation.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 16, 2018
Nuances are one thing, mettle and actions supporting your honest and sincere efforts are another matter. Your unquestionable dignity and integrity, Officer Cook, at least brought hope and goodwill to all Dade County residents looking for some peace and comfort. Evil and violence don't take timeouts, they must be aggressively dealt with and only someone of sound mind and a humbly able heart can stop this onslaught. Every ounce of morals and the fabrics of your stellar character were needed in this fight over our humane harmony. Humanity demands, public servants esteemed and courageous must answer that call. Saluted and etched into our memories. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 16, 2018
Foolishness needs to be penned up for you require ferocity along with fairness, firmness and common sense when solving crime. With so much lurking for each honest and brave soul, they already have enough craziness to get them through their shift. Dade County is and was a large responsibility for a man young and strong as you, Officer Cook. Steel plated resolve, an engaging smile to back your integrity and the dignity that you were humbly blessed with. No doubt your character and concern helped bring unity and its stabilizing effort to a community where your heroically divine soul is diligently revered and so honored. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 15, 2018
There can be no slipping or sliding, running nor hiding when the faces of foul play discover their senses. Their evil must be dumped and flattened like a pile of rubbish. It took your entire arsenal of resolve, resourcefulness and resiliency to eliminate a perturbing and seemingly perpetual problem that confounds, confronts and confuses us every second of our waking lives. We love joy and pleasure, happiness.peace and good health. Something you too wanted and enjoyed for a short, too short span of twenty-five years of existence in this world. Your dignity, integrity and honesty was donned and girded and shaped the world's peace and serenity here in Dade County where your mountain of character and free spirit was contagious. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Here is a clue, enhancement can only last so long as the good folks, men and women alike fight together and stay on the same page of solidarity. Authority needs more able and humbly humane leaders as you were, Officer Cook, a warrior and true hero with a big compassionate heart and spirit to match.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 15, 2018
Keep awake. Stay aware and allow acumen to actually marinate among your cunning mettle. Your means and dignity, Officer Cook, offered hope and faith to our society. Dade County's community enjoyed some peace and a respite despite the head of terror rearing its ugliness. You and your comrades, Officer Cook, equipped yourselves with various methods to deal with this sickening adversary. Our rest and resolve, peace and unity along with some sense of stability has resulted from your values, valor and vigilance that has been stoically so honored and richly and humbly remembered forever. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 15, 2018
Dealing with peril, danger and evil makes you wonder how on earth you can stay focused on everything from honesty, integrity and good character? Dignity, vision, wisdom and the hope that goodwill among humanity has been placed equally among all locales. Here in Dade County where your fights until the end, Officer Cook, brought sadness to your loved ones who lost their dearly beloved and brave son, brother and husband. Never easy and never will be getting over the anguish while grieving your terrible loss. A gaping crater that if that were a tooth would cause a toothache of gigantic proportions. Conviction and intelligence spaced out far and wide where tranquility and the humble beats of boldness and bravery can blow their horns. You were the quintessential man of action, the gentleman of nobility and the civility by which sanctity can function. You achieved more in twenty-five years than most do in a full lifetime of honest endeavor. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. It's your undying and unassuming professional character that seized the day and saved your colleagues from further violence as well as the civilians that day embroiled in a bitter domestic dispute.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 15, 2018
Everyday is like that big reunion when everyone collaborates and conjures up thoughts on plans of action to defeat the deafening sounds of destruction and violence. Since a police officer's first job is to maintain dignity and authority over a scene, it goes to reason that keeping proper morals, integrity and honor can surely help collapse violence and keep residents secured from harm's way. For six years, Officer Cook, it worked wonders here in Dade County. Destroying doom and promoting prosperity was a mainstay of your career, your young life should not have been heinously taken away from your family and comrades. Your sense of boldness, Officer Cook, helped make our landscape more appealing and your unselfish sacrifice allowed us to move forward constructively with our dates of destiny and their devoted missions.God took your humble journeys and ferried them to a place high atop those beautiful mountains where the souls of His gathering of valor resides for eternity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 15, 2018
A sadist looks to invoke anger and a mean spirit in this world. While a realist looks at the glass half full and does something about solving problems. Humility never baffled you, Officer Cook, humanity's intuition along with your maturity, wisdom and vision set its sights upon your dignity, honesty and the scopes of your integrity in getting to the bottom of things and at the heart of the matter. Dade County was firmed and fairly protected during your career, one filled with noble and righteous deeds. Since action speaks louder than words it no wonder you were a faithfully loyal comrade to all and your mettle on mankind's request demonstrates your able bodied abilities to enrich and enhance the security and safety of all. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 15, 2018
Gallantry and humility walk humbly on those planks of perseverance and the professional due diligence. Always vigilant and concerned, you stopped evil from growing wildly here in Dade County, Officer Cook. A tall an d prideful man whose genuine character, commitment to honor and dignity made you integrity legendary among your peers. Heroism forevermore and humanity was pleased and humanely ready for a true savior who brought peace and harmony back into a community where you grew up and continued to be solemnly saluted. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 15, 2018
Bringing home the bacon, you brought the integrity and dignity that Dade County citizens were entitled to, Officer Cook. Through common sense and common courtesies, your scruples and honor will heroically be remembered forevermore. What humility and civility to act upon a situation and try your utmost to calm down a troubled young man. His evil should have been bent on boldness and more sense as he destroyed the values that you , Officer Cook and your comrades represented. A man or woman of character and consideration should not have to worry about their lives, but, that was the dilemma you confronted my neighbor, friend and hero. Let humility stand for humanity's humane effects that your effort had on society. Rest in peace.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 14, 2018
Not enigmatic, but practical in all your efforts to defend the honor of all Dade County, Officer Cook. Loyal to the tee, truthful in tenacity, terror hates this but carry on you must. A crusader of character, integrity and the virtues of dignity, your valor is validated by God's loving embraces. You served and maintained a structure of serenity and security for those wanting to embrace the power of humility. Humanity has bestowed its love upon your family and colleagues all who saw your journeys to their finest moments of fruition and acumen. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 14, 2018
The wooden and chain link fences protect our properties. Just as police scour their communities of service in search of relief and a little prosperity. Your command of Dade County, Officer Cook, was borne of desire, hope and fruition for mankind and because of your undying goodwill may we here live sedate and safer lives. Your sacrifice bears this out as was your conviction, class and commitment to nobleness and the values that good character etches upon our hearts. Only the most humble of humility that fortified humanity with a better place to seek happiness and the desires that life affords us. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 14, 2018
Line up and be locked and loaded for a whistling battle to the finish. You see evil has a beginning, it also must have a definitive conclusion. Never again can violence disturb and perturb our happiness as each one lives their life according to how they see fit. You preserved the integrity of Dade County and its folks, Officer Cook, wit hall your superior strength and reserve of honesty and integrity. The ingenuity of having your dignity stapled to your belt and chest. A badge and uniform donned exquisitely and without a hint of reservation behind your displays of bringing harmony and sense to an already chaotic situation. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 14, 2018
Direction dictates desire and devotion along the scales of dedication and determination. Justice may never turn a blind eye when human beings are in jeopardy. When Dade County put out that serious call there you were, Officer Cook, to humbly back up your comrades who looked up to your commitment and fighting resolve. It is in the genes of the most serene and cautious of men and women who serve a noble cause. Gallantry and valor always define the roots of vision, wisdom and what humanity needs to function together in peace and stability. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. You were a concerned and caring gentleman, Officer Cook, full of integrity and the honesty that dignity brings to a professional position of trust and reliance. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 14, 2018
Villains are vile and revolting. They leave our most humble , honored and bravest of public servants in a quandary at times. Your mission, Officer Cook, chosen freely and willingly was to protect Dade County and its people from violence using decent and dignified means. Your heroically sound actions on May 16, 1979, prevented more mayhem and kayos than you could ever know. Your unwavering and rich character set the bricks of boldness down forever as our future enhancements and for restoring peace at least giving your all may you be deservedly saluted and so humanely honored for reverence and respect. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 14, 2018
The gallant are the people who can ascend that heavenly ladder of glory. They earned their stripes by rights of virtue and valor. Nothing more impactful and spot on in truth and justice, Officer Cook, where faith and devotion reigned supreme in your life and police watch over the good citizens of Dade County. Dire for some tranquility, the possibility was present and accounted for when you went and navigated through some rough terrain where treachery and turmoil lied ahead. A student of learning with an eye for effort and efficiency, your modesty and humane actions have made your character and legacy here that much more prideful. The enhancement and enrichment have made us stoically better individuals and your unselfish sacrifice, Officer Cook, left no shadow of doubt as to your transparency. Crystal clear and with precise vision, if only you were here today with your family, colleagues and many friends to share in their peace and happiness. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 13, 2018
Heroism is not a hex nor a hoax, but the finest brand of compassion and bravery there is today. Sadly, evil exists in our nation and who better to deal with such ill affects and corruption from it than decent and dignified women and men of mettle and character whose honor fortifies their justifications for going out and searching for a little peace and harmony. Surely, Dade County felt the gentle vibes of your vigilance and due diligence, Officer Cook, you humbly and heroically practiced. You preach, teach and put the mechanisms of morals out there, only terror and violence need to be fearful. Their brand of life must be extinguished and reduced to rubble. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 13, 2018
Grasping at straws and gasping for breath, we shutter to think how heinous violence is and what it leaves family's in after losing their beloved and brave loved ones. Dade County was structured soundly and safely as you went out on patrol, Officer Cook, with a firm grasp of each situation and dilemma that came your way. Thankfully your decency and honesty left a legacy your department and family members can be mighty proud of. For your charming disposition and faithfulness we thank you and salute your inner integrity, gallant dignity and humble and hopeful humility as it made it rounds around humanity. Evil and torment will one day receive their biggest punishments from the heaven's above. God knows His courageous flock of tenacity and resolve better than we do. Always the superb and supremely righteous savior and warrior. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 13, 2018
Ferocity trumps foolishness. Nothing sadder than officers going off the paths of perseverance and honesty. Look what happened to those policemen in Baltimore, suspended for beating a man on the ground. You were the perennial good guy, Officer Cook, so refined in ethics and character, we should view your vigilance and virtues the very same way as was your integrity and dignity that stored peace and prosperity forever in Dade County's hearts and souls. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Charity begins at home and so does reverence and humility. Humanity misses your support and smile, Officer Cook, as much as your family.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 13, 2018
The nights are long, the days seem short and all these years and decades later you are still revered and so humbly honored for heroic bravery in the line of action, Officer Cook. Badge#1664 ha d a lot to do with stellar integrity, humane and loyal honor to other sisters and brothers serving with you. All and all Dade County's folks were adequately served with resolve and resiliency from a cherished soul of security. Your Godly character and civility is quietly watching out over us. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 13, 2018
Teach your children well and reap the rewards of seeing them succeed in their life endeavors. Officer Cook, you were a great man of heroic proportions who possessed the proper conduct to police Dade County. Its people had full faith and confidence in your abilities to bring unity and peace together. Your parents raised you, Officer Cook and your older sister, Nancy, with ideals and integrity all coming from your focal point of honesty. Sincerity and humanity make the biggest gains and hopefully this evil will one day be wiped out. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 13, 2018
Glamour and glitz are great in show business. Patrolling these dangerous and often deadly venues requires extraordinary care, patience and the perseverance of a man full of humility. Your outlook on life, Officer Cook, was rosy and yet humble. Noble and concerned about the welfare of those whom you loyally served, your dedication, desire and dignity won't be put on the shelf and neither will your humane honesty and integrity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 13, 2018
Police work is not repeat is not a fishing expedition. It's about finding the right tools to treat and tame the terror in our land that still confronts and confounds us and impedes our peaceful movements. Your excellent work on behalf of all Dade County, Officer Cook, will never be forgotten. A man of courage and the humbleness of character whose dignity, honor and integrity travelled a long way to protect and to insure serenity and safety won't be overlooked. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 13, 2018
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