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

To have one's life curtailed and derailed by undue evil is so disrespectful and just plain heinous. You were in the prime of your life and police career, Officer Cook, so polite, courteous and you performed your due vigilance over the citizens of Dade County. With class and every amount of sweat and toil. To have this happen to a public servant so devoted and so honorable, it wreaks of havoc. Terrible, you were taken so young and with more left accomplish. God saw your peace and unity journeys as complete and took your humble and treasured soul of dignity, honor and integrity back to heaven to patrol His sacred and well guarded pearly gates of gallantry and humility. The fond esteem of devoted and motivated heroes and heroines, such as yourself, Officer Cook, who devised more in your life than most who have lived longer. Never forgotten and humanely saluted, deservedly so for reeling in bedlam and the wickedness that strikes its chords of conceit and callousness. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 2, 2018

Where you lived in North Miami Beach, Florida and where you lived with your beloved wife, Karen, were humble and quiet, Officer Cook. Your file were filled awards and just fine police work. Diligence and resourcefulness to continue for a lifetime. Six years you worked out of the Central Division looking to protect and to reclaim the tranquility that Dade County was missing. And through serenity and safe shelters for one another this was your pride and joy. You cherished your career and life, Officer Cook and now forever will you remain a hero in our hearts for possessing the wisdom, integrity and honesty to live smartly and to act humbly. The Lord takes this into account when fortifying His judgments against us. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Your comrades have so saluted your valiant and nobly compassionate acts of bravery and boldness.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 2, 2018

Deceit and dishonor not only put dents into devotion and faithfulness, they tarnish and ruin careers and lives. For your whole heroic life, Officer Cook, you were an honest man, a humble legend with the highest degree of character who was well received among Dade County's people. No reservations regarding your outstanding commitment to good morals and the very excellent character which distributed our peace and admiration for you and for all mankind. For facing adversity with demonstrative integrity may your heavenly soul be humanely blessed. A gallant gentleman with a heart so dedicated to the principles of humility. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 2, 2018

Designs get drawn up and yet violence and its awful evil can tear down those mighty plans. Dade County and its citizens can sleep more soundly because we have had heroes and heroines, honest and intensely loyal public servants such as yourself, Officer Cook, putting in the time and doing the work fighting evil. Its forces are the epitome of trouble and you heroically acted as all police must steering right into a storm of dynamic proportions that day. Integrity, dignity and the compassion to humbly and of the proper character and humility did your job right with every last breath and ounce of energy never to be forgotten. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 2, 2018

Curious by nature , the outdoors must have fascinated you very much, Officer Cook. Dade County and its residents were treated to goo dold fashioned tenacity, the ferocity of a humble and humanely loyal public servant. What you did, Officer Cook, resulted in the infrastructure of integrity, ingenuity and the intelligence to carry out devotion of dignity and the articles of basic acumen, astuteness and the awareness that were central in your professional roles and in the performances of perseverance. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. What we lack in society are scruples, values and the ideals that are so essential toward bringing the wickedness to a head and us closer to real quiet and harmony.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 1, 2018

Tests administered by Our Creator amp up our resolve to settle matters of danger that threaten our very existence. The world now has sadly become more dangerous, perilous and callous all by the very heinousness that is offered the opportunity to run wild. You tried to put an end to this stampede of injustice and insecurity, Officer Cook, nearly thirty-nine years ago in Dade County on behalf of its folks. Friendly and personable, you just endeavored to calm down and irrational man who was solely bent on harming others and the authority, the police who protect us and deliver peace and harmony to one and all. If not for your integrity, dignity, honesty and clever wisdom, no telling what further dangers were ahead. Your humble character and commitment to vision and experience saw to that. Itsaw to a lot of other major details as well. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. An A plus in humility, sanctity and the serenely sacred actions of nobleness. Criminals are like the cattle that runs from its pen. I read today of the daughter of a Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office Colonel who conspired with her boyfriend to have a Miami woman killed in Franklin County Florida. What a place! Makes you wonder what is wrong in society today? Your soul is observing and with God's camcorder is filming these ignominious actions of individuals gone crazy, drugs, alcohol, whatever causes irrational behavior.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 1, 2018

Gracious and gregarious, endearing and entertaining, just your beautiful smile, Officer Cook, taken over forty years ago behind Old Glory says it all. It talks about your disposition and fine judgment toward every person. Not only those whom you protected and preserved in Dade County, it conveys to all brothers and sisters in the law enforcement field something intrinsically special regarding your upstanding character, desire and dedication to the fibers of ferocity and good morals. Evil cannot by handled if one has no honor, dignity or integrity, it just can't. Those special forces of tenacity, resolve and infinite wisdom must be etched on a public servant's sleeves and badge of bravery and boldness in conviction. Your days, months and years, Officer Cook , were well spent casting evil away from our midst. Always the warrior and hero of saving life, limb and property. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. A treasured and loyally faithful colleague to all. Civility, sanity and humility are wrapped around your soul of safety in God's palms of perfection.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 1, 2018

Conceived in liberty, concealed in smoke and mirrors. Terror and turmoil tend to hide at times in places that are just plain difficult to reach. And we know it's no wonder why we have to have dependable and honestly loyal professionals digging down to the very bottom to solve and to resolve a problem. You were a sensational man, Officer Cook, so caring, so brave and so dignified in providing peace and unity for all Dade County. Its citizens hope and dreams rested upon your gallant arms and feet that went after trouble not away from it. Your humanely sacred legacy of heroism and fine morals and character rests deeply within those walls of honor here in Miami and in our nation's Capitol. Humility is in the eyes of the beholder for all humanity and the goodwill of mankind to gaze at. You would probably be playing peek a boo with your newest great-niece, Legacy, a fine name the Wilkerson's gave to their daughter honoring your memory and sacrifice. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. The charters of courage, courtesy, compassion and consideration were well constructed and well established long before you patrolled those dangerous venues in Miami-Dade County. Only solemnly saluted. And vigorously vigilant.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 1, 2018

Behind the curtains lurks who knows what? We place our trust and loyalty in the hearts and minds of the wise and humble men and women who dedicate themselves to battling violence. You helped to stiefen, Officer Cook, the terror that besieged Dade County not only on May 16, 1979, but all other moments. Your heroic legacy was built on the fathers of ferocity, the bonds of bravery, the seals of serenity and integrity and the eyes and ears of dignity. Keeping composure can be difficult when cruelty strikes, you were a heavenly Godsend, so humane and humble, humility toward humanity was nestled within your soul cherished and beloved by all. Rest in peace my neighbor,friend and hero. No running away, just your treasured inspiration, wisdom and intuition going body first into kayos endeavoring to stop a troubled young man from creating further evil. Keep watching over us, you are never forgotten.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 1, 2018

The boondocks are for resting one's will. Forests are for those who want to admire God's wondrous works. Dade County was for your inner spirit, Officer Cook. To serve, protect and to seize self-imposed evil from its streets where prosperity and security rightfully belong. An honest, loyal and hard working fellow trying to enjoy the fruits of his labor and love of his fellow man. You always placed a premium on dignity, integrity and its humane humility that has sealed your heroic legacy among mankind's goodwill. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Your character, courage and commitment to pride and excellence, the quality of ethics that shall be saluted. A great job! A more humble public servant!

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 30, 2018

The scopes of surveillance rely upon the crusades of courage, the bonds of boldness and bravery, the definition of dignity and the incorporation of integrity. Certainly, Dade County and its folks were made safer and more free to pursue happiness, Officer Cook, because of your self-esteem and gratitude. You witness humility in honesty everyday and now forever are you resting in peace my neighbor, friend and hero in Our Lord's eternal shelters of fruition and common sense. A hero must maintain composure of character at all times whether or not danger is lurking and it was the humble and loyal civility that placed you here, Officer Cook, with other brave men and women to serve and to preserve the cores of life. What a true gentleman fortified and enriched was endearment and overwhelming enhancement. Soon an anniversary your family would wish never happened, yet your valor and vigilance has stood the tests of time which continue their pilgrimages forward. Always truly remembered heroically and nobly. Thank God for your parents raising a wonderful and treasured son and daughter.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 30, 2018

Take solace and put your heart right into the matter of wickedness. Your being soul and all, Officer Cook, was bravely and honestly put into the affairs of all Dade County residents and it reverberates as soundly as did your dignity, convictions and the humble integrity that makes each public servant more viable. Put your character and concern where the peace, unity and freedom to move about should be and our society is made more uniformly safer. Getting back to basics does save life and you gave your life, Officer cook, for liberty to move smoothly. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. We'll salute and humbly honor your loyalty and maturity that carried evil further away from our community.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 30, 2018

Fortitude and courage under the gun literally were what you were up against along with your comrades that heinous and sad day, Officer Cook. No hesitations that your bravery, courage and valor were exactly what the doctor so to speak ordered up for you and your brothers of honesty, integrity and wisdom to pursue. You saved lives, your peers surely are grateful. The onus of character, the lessons in morals, the price of having values and vision all when into the incorporation of intuition, the sense of direction in ingenuity have certainly enhanced our aspirations many times over. A hero was born and the voices of serenity on humanity's behalf spoke politely of your humane and unwavering and unselfish loyalty. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. God's fruitful plains are full of feverish ferocity and an infinite amount of love and respect. Officer Cook, Badge#1664 was donned perfectly with grace, charm and the candor of class personified.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 30, 2018

We sink our teeth right into the heart of the matter. The bites of boldness, bravery and heroism leave those marks of meaningful honesty, integrity and the devotion by which dignity can achieve more than you would understand. And your character, commitment and gumption bonded with your maturity made those living in Dade County more secure. Serenity, tranquility and harmony put prosperity and unity right on that map of resourcefulness. Yours, Officer Cook, was terrifically humble and genuine. Your courses and roads were paved quite specifically for your journeys and determined missions of hope to see you through, Officer Cook. An engaging gentleman of gallantry and the highest admiration for humanity. It takes all the energy of humility and those heroically noble actions you assumed, Officer Cook, to quell evil and its resulting terror. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 30, 2018

Saddled with many burdens, you took your professional responsibilities very seriously. You see serenity and safety must be heeded and those that choose to give this matter there entire beings, in the end will be blessed. We here in Dade County were blessed and cherished your wisdom and honor, Officer Cook. For a position that demands excellence and nothing less, violence got the complete package of your unwavering resolve, diligence and faithfully fundamental and loyal service. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Character from our many angelic heroes and heroines causes God's heaven's to glow like a big sun. Shiny and non-turbulent.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 30, 2018

No one knows the professional passions of a beloved family member than their own family. Your loved ones, Officer Cook, knew congeniality and the reality of your dreams, aspirations and goals to become a police officer. A dangerous job with many perils and obstacles in the way and your grit and motivation through honesty, dignity and integrity helped you to resolve and to solve the puzzles where peace and goodwill would fit in the most. Dade County and its residents have shelters of endearment brought about through your fine character and morals to see your faithfully executed missions until God deemed your success as complete. Of course you had more left to fulfill, this becomes the onus of your colleagues and family to live on and to honor your heroic legacy. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Wisdom and the eyes of vision are helping us cope with your tragic loss, a humble sacrifice that has humility and humanity stamped on the front and back.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 30, 2018

One who is self-centered can never truly fight the righteous battle. If all they are concerned with is themselves then bravery, honor and humility might as well go down the drain. Devotion to faith, scruples and the values that morals teach us tellus and reinforce in each one is to be honest, humble and humane, it can carry the weight of this never ending war over violence and its terror. Here in Dade County, Officer Cook, you were classy, loyal and treasured among your colleagues, no doubt about that. You were a family man who was concerned for your mother, Mrs. Julia Cook's wellbeing and the safety and security you provided all folks regardless of background, crede or affiliation. Never forgotten, nor will you staunch character and commitment critical to saving lives and saving face by your undeniable tenacity and ferocity for which your heroic legacy keeping shining down upon us. This world is less protected, Officer Cook, because of your untimely loss, yet we know your years and public service career was well intentioned and well placed within the foundations of our enhancements. They shall remain etched in stone to be fondly saluted for courage and decency over and beyond the calls of duty. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. A humble soul whose everlasting spirit always resides with your family, friends and those who ethically and humanely carry out your hopes, aspirations and dreams on society's request.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 29, 2018

To most colleagues, Officer Cook, you were known as Bill to them. Bill the humble and lovable servant. Bill full of bravery and boldness. Bill, so honorable and decent. But above all, your were , Officer Cook, full of pep and vitality, so stabilizing, you made tranquility, harmony and togetherness a living and breathing reality for a community that cared for you, respected and still salutes your wisdom and nobility. It was humanity's way of clearing out the evil and replacing it with a little humility to service one and all. When a man's maturity and life paths are closed for good, the whole police nation mourns your loss, Officer Cook. It lost that terrible day, your passion, compassion, sanity, civility and charitable heart. God has taken your wonderful soul and swooped it to the heaven's above with other brave and politely honest angels of heroism and humanely pious deeds. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Character and your otter steadfast dedication have made our streets in Dade County a bit safer as you eternally watch over them. The loss is there for your family, may the tears of their sorrow and grief wash away the loneliness that is felt. Your loss, your absence will always be felt, you were just doing your honorable best job that you dreamed of becoming with all the zest and vigor one can muster.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 29, 2018

With a constitution to equal or surpass your compassion, Officer Cook, you will forever be highly regarded as our hero. A humane and sweet young man full of energy, desire and the fortitude to see evil wiped from Dade County's area. Its citizens can live safer lives because of your cherished soul of serenity, a beautiful human being, honorable and dignified with integrity and intelligence to match what you had to deal with, adversity strikes home and your heroic actions saved countless lives of your comrades and the civilians with whom you were charged with protecting. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 29, 2018

A good public servant who got better like a fine wine. What an ordeal you went through, Officer Cook, keeping composure in the very face of terror that day of May 16, 1979. A day where your courage and convictions shined through. Class, determination and the dedication to honestly do what was deemed right saved Dade County's people. The harm and kayos were present and you my neighbor, friend and hero set down foundations for a brighter future and for those who succeeded you may they too find blessing, your soul, Officer Cook, keeps our world that much more illuminated. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. When humility and humanity collide the end product is tranquility and harmony for all.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 29, 2018

Drive and initiative took your career where it had the most affect, Officer Cook, but, yet it's pathetically sad your life ended at age twenty-five years with more destinies of faith and devotion still ahead. Dade County witnessed insightful desire, leadership and the resolve to stay the course. Your values, vigilance and valor never left your side and neither did honor, integrity and the wonderful vision to see the wisdom of your peace and ferocity being placed right where wickedness would be eliminated. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 29, 2018

War exacts a toll we don't understand. Police wage battles over evil everyday to ensure our peaceful pursuits in life. happiness, good health and prosperity are a huge segment of our serenity and you certainly did your job, Officer Cook, keeping us secure and safe here in Dade County. An eloquent man cherished by his family and peers who cared as much as you did. The decorum, the character, the commitment to pride and excellence along with good morals allowed your missions to go ahead. No telling what integrity and dignity can achieve when they worn righteously on one's vest of valor. Here comes humanity navigating with its humility following close behind. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 29, 2018

Saturated by sadness, seized by sorrow and pained by insurmountable grief, that is what your family and colleagues suffered when you gave your young life. A life where you strove for liberty and freedom of expression for mankind, it's in the residents of Dade County who have their happiness and decency because of your unwavering honesty, integrity and the springboards of dignity. It's embedded in our hearts and thoughts, the humility and character you possessed, Officer Cook, A legend and a humble hero who fought against violence with every ounce of his might. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 29, 2018

A fabulous man with a stellar character and consideration for all humanity. Dade County experienced one man's effort and toil exacted upon evil in the hopes that violence and terror would be driven away. You gave us plenty of devotion, hope and goodwill, Officer Cook. Quiet and the trails of a taciturn environment have marked our further journeys in life and in happiness. Would have been wonderful to have you here now witnessing your family's exploits and those of your colleagues who fought the brave battles with decorum, honor and integrity as you so nobly and heroically did. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Elegance and your communications were right to the point and if only Mr. Pearsall had heeded your directions that day of May 16, 1979, only Our Creator knows the circumstances may have been different.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 28, 2018

Feeble, lame and timid won't cracks the walls of wickedness, only the perseverance of an honest and brave public servant nobly fulfilling their desires to become the best will get the job done properly. Dade County has had many revered men and women, you, Officer Cook, were a devoted and faithfully loyal comrade who gave his life in the performance of your duties. Those roles and missions were filled with decency, dignity and the desire to maintain steadfast character. The commitment that has enhanced the landscape of all Dade County citizens so that peace and the perceptions of unity and liberty may stay anchored forever. Nothing worse than losing a beloved son who served with the highest of values and morals, humility and humanity can stand together tall and proud by your heroic journeys for justice, Officer Cook. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Mrs. Cook, you and your husband, Charles, may he too rest in peace can take solace in the humbleness of your darling "Bill". Your Billy was a peacemaker and a provider for his family always devoted to your welfare, he cared and was concerned for you and for those whom he protected and looked after. Diligence and vigilance, his eyes and ears are now watching over us with his beautiful soul in heaven

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 28, 2018

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