Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Start by being honorable as gallantry and humility will follow those who crusade in character and in courage. Your whole life and career, Officer Cook, went straight to the top in heart, will and strong desire. The steadfast determination to change the landscape here in Dade County for its citizens. You were a mover not a passer by. What a hero! To act with such remarkable guts and intestinal fortitude on May 16, 1979, it takes a sharp mind and body, the wisdom and convictions to see your destinies through. God has taken your peaceful and serene soul back to His house of humanity where your eternal missions and journeys are clearer than ever. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 25, 2018

Struck down in the prime of your life, Officer Cook, leaving your wife and family to mourn your untimely passing by a wicked young man. His class and character we can't ever begin to wonder. Yours, was first rate and top notch giving the residents of Dade County their taste of unity and freedom. The liberty by which can honesty go out and succeed. Your missions and journeys allowed you the opportunity to further accomplish your goals and the dreams that we all aspire to become. Treasured and adored. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Summer swelter will be here before we know it. Let your soul, Officer Cook, stay cool and dry as your floats up in the skies of the divine kingdom.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 24, 2018

Never take a shortcut unless you know it will pay dividends in the end. You fought and took life and your profession quite seriously, Officer Cook. It's evident by your effort and efficiency that drove your pursuits of both happiness and prosperity as one. All in the blessed name of honor, dignity and integrity the central figures to a man's days and years. Officer Cook, thankfully you had class, morals and the values to keep up with servicing our needs. Calm, cool and collected when it counted the most. Your heroically humane exploits shall not be overlooked. A great legend now protecting us from Our Lord's perch of serenity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 24, 2018

Stick up for what you believe in and surely God's hands of humility will shine down on you. Wisdom and vision only make resolutions a little easier to achieve. You must first put forth the effort and when honesty, integrity and dignity come rolling in then you are ready to begin. You started your career, Officer Cook, humbly and quite wisely going through the academy where you learned some of your greatest lessons. Still the character, decency and firmness of your parents started your building blocks toward a career where your sharpness and acumen reigned supreme. That rotten day when you gave your life for Dade County's people you had everything headed surely for more fruition. I guess God needed your sweet and special soul up in His home to patrol those golden and sacred pathways of righteousness where no more harm would befall you. Watch over your family and brave souls who continue this bewildering battle over adversity and kayos. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 24, 2018

Gallantry, nobility and grace gathers those comrades who mourn their fallen brethren. Humility and dignity sprout forth the integrity and sound advice you gave everyone, Officer Cook. Cherished, beloved and adored by your family peers and friends for seeing Dade County and its citizens through the wars of evil. When a hero of commitment and courage lays down his life and passions for security and unity to blend in we revere them. We salute your humbleness and faith, Officer Cook, a messenger of God who manned the fields and streets where heinous and diabolical actions needed abolishing. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 24, 2018

Deterioration leads only to more strife and evil. Mischief and mayhem never belong with each other. And you were an honest and wise man, Officer Cook, who set your feet down in Dade County serving and providing goodwill and serenity by enhancement for mankind. It's the simple and humanely heroic way for which your character and crusade of justice will be fondly remembered. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 24, 2018

Ferocity is the fierceness by which heroes and heroines perform their duties. Tenacity is the process of chasing down leads and gathering information that helps one to solve a crime. Operating full blast you delved right in, Officer Cook, uncovering leads, calming down those irate citizens thus providing the protection and safety we expect. The demands of character, decency and dignity all go along the lines of honesty and integrity well distributed, it made you a more resourceful public servant, Officer Cook, a gallant man courageous in heart and in spirit. Nothing needs more embellishing you message rang loud and clear. Wisdom and intuition serves a humane and humble purpose. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Badge#1664 persevered in Dade County like no other.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 23, 2018

Light sheds a ray of hope when the darkness of despair arrives. Exactly, why we need good men and women honest and open minded who keep the gates of grace and goodwill constantly ajar. You took up peaceful means in Dade County on behalf of its citizens, Officer Cook. When faith and optimism falter, integrity, honesty and dignity must remain intact. You were a man of class, candor and the maturity to act as tenaciously as possible providing peace and security for our fruitful journeys to further march on. A great man, a humble hero filled with love and respect for mankind. The dangers you faced and sacriificed your career and life for, Officer Cook, shall be given salutes of endearment for eternity. Take care with your fellow sisters and brothers who gave their lives for their commitments of pride and excellence to keep travelling on. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 23, 2018

Police work is not about imagination. It's about performing one's duties faithfully and with a designed path of dignity and wisdom. Dade County was your venue and venture, Officer Cook, surely humbled in spirit and working within the confines of creativity and being crafty at times to outfox those bent on evil. A community that comes together united in peace and safety as one because of your unquestionable common sense and the ingenuity to battle on. Rest in peace my nighbor, friend and hero. You shared responsibility and withour doubt made life matter once more.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 23, 2018

Police officers stand prepared to answer whatever calls come their way. We the residents sing the praises of those proud and prudent who all share in this monumental war over adversity gone awry. Officer Cook, you were a man with a great sense of pride whose passion helped you to distribute the so called peace and its factors of tenacity bring. Dade County and its people were served joyfully and very humanely by virtue of your commanding commitment and the character to do what is deemed right. The lights of heaven remain aglow, their beacons of bravery and boldness last forever. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Etched and entered into serene eternity you keep looking down on us, Officer Cook, our Godsend and savior.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 23, 2018

Racing to the scene of that terrible domestic dispute, one can only ponder all the what ifs that terribly troubled young man just gave up. It surely might have gone a little easier for him. There wa sno need to commit a vile and despicable action shooting police and killing a beloved and loyal guardian angel of mercy and devotion. All you were doing, Officer Cook, was your job resolving and bringing together all Dade County in quiet and peaceful times. A gentleman of humility and conviction whose heroism made you, Officer Cook, standout. The sun comes up. The moon glows and so the soul of your most bravest soul, Officer Cook, stands in the highest of heights ready to serve a more humane eternal role. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 23, 2018

You were the apple of your parents' eyes, Officer Cook. The darling son and brother of boldness, the uncle of understanding and unwavering commitment to pride, excellence and the effort that honesty and integrity bring. For your years serving Dade County's citizens their peace and serenity were always in your frontview mirror. We know your memory and its character will continue to be so humbly honored and saluted for astute wisdom, vision and the courage so central to waving violence away. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Nancy and yourself were very close and I'm certain she does think about both you and your father, Charles, may he too rest in peace everyday. Blessings and holiday greetings Mrs. Cook. May you be blessed with good health, peace and prosperity at this time of Easter as my family gets prepared to celebrate the hoilday of Passover next Friday evening. As your great-nieces and great-nephew grow up all the memories of your life and career will be explained and shared with them. Humility, humanity and heroism share the very same pillows in God's house of sanctity. Keep patrolling those golden paved streets with the very same passion and compassion, Officer Cook. You had a purpose and gave your life easing our burdens battling violence.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 23, 2018

A chuckle is great. A smile is beautiful. But, courage and valor in the face of evil lasts forever. It is the very sentiments by which we remember our bravest who fell in the line of duty fighting off the forces that vile and heinous actions create. You brought calmness and everlasting harmony, tranquility and the reasons for unity, Officer Cook. Central Division's hero of character, honesty and the directions for which dignity and integrity ring loudly and clearly. Pretty smoothly you commandeered yourself around Dade County shielding and reaffirming your admiration for all mankind. You were your parents darling and most wonderfully loyal and thoughtful son who is missed beyond what ordinary vocabulary might bring. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Endearment, encouragement and enlightenment all play a part in any police officer's missions of hope, faith and mercy. They share their stories with those who listen and learn those valuable lessons. You taught us, Officer Cook and motivated through leadership and arduous work. Practice what you preach and then go out and demonstrate through effort and efficiency.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 23, 2018

If love and esteem help to conquer all, then bravery and boldness with a push from honor and dignity will create the success that loyalty breeds. Your sense of timing, Officer Cook, could not have been better never worse because you were a man, an officer with a spine, the backbone of ethics, morals and values whose principles fueled your every journey. Those public servants who are humane and have humility it is in Our Lord's loving arms where He now cradles your brave souls, those who surrounded the Dade County community with all its serenity, safety and the harmony with which to continue our endeavors. Those very same pursuits of happiness that directed your life and career, Officer Cook. A humble man fell doing his job all by this wickedness you made an affirmation to protect us from, it did not keep your colleagues and family pinned down to the mat for long. They wisely and openly took the mantle of your ingenuity and intelligence all from your guiding maturity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 23, 2018

The garden of paradise is enriched by the humbly brave souls of serenity. It's God's honorable seeds whose souls delivered peace and freedom for everyone. Officer Cook, you were a young man whose whole life was devoted to your desires to serve and to protect us and those who resided in Dade County. The fruits of your undying and unselfish ferocity shall remain an importantly vital part of your heroic legacy. You challenged people to create happiness and pursue good all the while evil was testing your unwavering resiliency. With character and commitment that belonged to a supreme loyal and humbly confident public servant it's no wonder you navigated the landscapes with resolve and the cores of both integrity and dignity. Wisdom and vision was rightfully served. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. You were a brave and treasured man of determination and dedication whose blessed name will be solemnly saluted.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 23, 2018

Your source of light and humility, Officer Cook, were the guiding forces of your honor, bravery and integrity. You dignified your service of Dade County and its people by giving the most sacred of personal things, your life in the name of justice and in order for peace and unity to be spread far and wide. Your peers, family and the many persons who knew you understood your passion to protect and to police your community in order for violence to be finally terminated. A good man blessed with heroic, humble and the humane good graces of faith and devotion. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 23, 2018

Honesty is expected at all times from police officers. So when a valiant servant sacrifices their very souls why can't justice for them and their loved ones prevail? It could be fifty years after they are injured in the line of duty, you investigate and indict, a trial ensues and if a jury finds the offenders guilty they go to jail or are put on death row. You served, Officer Cook and your comrade, Detective Donald Blocker shot and killed the man who took away your life of dignity and integrity from your beloved family and peers who served side by side with you in this pursuit of terror. If wisdom, maturity and the fiber of excellent character could reunite you with everyone, I do not have to venture a guess as to what will occur. You are missed terribly and thank God He has your loving humility and heroism there in heaven to observe those carrying on with your assignments. Hopefully their acumen, awareness and astuteness will broker peace and security as it did during your time preserving harmony and tranquility for mankind. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Dade County was most fortunate to have an accountable gentleman in their ranks of resolve.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 22, 2018

Giving your life and leaving a wife and children behind if you have them is never an easy thing. Comforting the bereaved and consoling those mourning who are grieved, no words are adequate. The loss is simply unbearable. The pain and anguish stay with those who mourned yet you served, Officer Cook , you protected while patrolling Dade County and its folk's peaceful movements all while being honest and hopeful, cherished and courageous, decent and dignified. Integrity and wisdom sometimes are hard to come by, so when you locate them hold on for dear life. A great career on the upswing, a life left with more humility and humbleness to fulfill. Your passion spoken like a true warrior, heroic and valiant in battling violence right until the very last breath from your treasured soul. Respected and greatly admired for conviction and steadfast dedication.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 22, 2018

The beat goes on as the sun continues to shine. Your spirit will be with us forever, Officer Cook. The humane and humble hero of honor and dedication who brought integrity, intellect and dignity to your position of responsibility won't be forgotten. How can an entire community where you were reared and educated overlook your career and life of charitable and hard fought work. The efforts to destroy and defeat evil are countless, all you did was carry on with unwavering and unselfish loyalty and character, the commitment to pride and excellence that delivered our peace and freedom, serenity and safety. Never easy to balance the demands and expectations of a thankless role. I thank you, Officer Cook, your family, friends and peers thank you and salute your bravery and boldness to devotion and motivation. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 22, 2018

A statue is a monument one looks at. A humble and brave police officer is one person who displays and exemplifies the characteristics of good morals, fine dignity and integrity and shows an interest in remaining honest and loyal in the performance of their duties. You showed an interest and a passion, Officer Cook, for making Dade County and its citizens proud once again. Your everlasting devotion and faithfulness to restoring the peace and unity surely has been remembered as has your trails of reverence and perseverance. They led your missions of hope and mercy with all the humility and sanctity that civil minded individuals need to pursue their objectives of happiness, health and prosperity. Rest in peace my neighbor,friend and hero. It's humble servants such as yourself, Officer Cook, that forever serve as inspirational heroes. Never forget where you come from and listen and learn the words of your folks. The lessons are endless. A man of strong heart and will, abounding in courage, a very blessed name.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 22, 2018

The courtship begins the very moment one signs on and is accepted to the police academy. But, keep this in mind, one false move, one slip up and it's then time to find a new endeavor. Your humbleness, Officer Cook, constructed from the very basic tenets of tenacity, loyalty and the rhythms of resolve all brought about Dade County and its residents with the right level of peace and the serenity that prosperity offers those who yearn for it. Your dignity and integrity, Officer Cook, all developed by the courageous upbringing you had and those very basic morals and character which assisted you greatly during your life and career as a public servant. We would suggest one carries their humility, civility and nobility close to their vests of valor and due vigilance. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. If only your department had those side panels back than! Only Our creator knows best and directs our journeys, missions of faith and goodwill and their destinies which underline and underscore a brave man and woman's patrol over violence.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 21, 2018

As I leave these reflections for you, Officer Cook, my neighbor, friend and humble hero, I do so with a very heavy heart knowing that if I had gotten to befriend you and your family that it would have been one of my happiest moments. I do cherish the letter your mother, Mrs. Julia Cook, wrote back to me. Just like herself, her darling and very humble and bravely heroic son was very devoted to duty. Securing the peace and sanctity of all Dade County for its folks was number one. You were a very resourceful and faithful gentleman whose treasured life and relished patrolling for peace instead of having to also lookout for evil which can interrupt life's missions. Morals, wisdom, integrity, honesty and dignity all flowed straight through those paths of tenacity. Never forgotten as was your effort and humility of character and concise commitments to excellence and pride in respect for your badge of boldness and your uniform worn impeccably. Rest in peace. I am glad I got to meet your niece and nephew, Mrs Gina Wilkerson and Mr. Justin Miller. Her husband and children will bring your soul great pride if only you could have met them. Heaven knows and God has you for eternal safekeeping.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 21, 2018

March is nearly over and soon the month of April will be quickly upon us. Easter and Passover will be celebrated and for your family the absence of your gentle and kind heart and free spirit will greatly missed as is your wide and big bright smile. Though, you'll remain a hero of the highest regard for mankind and the hope and goodwill that your journeys of honor and integrity brought to our peace,liberty and freedom to move about pursue our very dreams and ideals. You were a man, Officer Cook, so gallant and yet so humble. So humble and very cherished. So revered, yet very respected for providing safe shelter from this very terror of which you protected us with all your acumen. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 21, 2018

Reserved yet resilient. Humble yet honest. Diligent yet dignified. You were the supreme public servant, Officer Cook, who Dade County residents could rely on in times of duress and evil. You saved countless lives that sad day of May 16, 1979 as you performed as your superiors and many peers knew you would. Integrity and good character must constantly be maintained as their flow of ferocity must always be kept in order. Always fondly saluted for valor, courage and the wisdom that bravery imparts upon its souls of serenity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 21, 2018

Reverence and respect should never be allowed to get tarnished. Their resolve is the very living example of the versatility that all public servants must don and exemplify while navigating their way to security. Its peaceful tones set the mood for our very happiness and the aspirations for which we may carry on. You had hopes, dreams and goals to maintain and to pursue, Officer Cook. Violence may have taken your life, it did not dash the optimism of your comrades and family members who continue your legacy. They live and breath your humble character, wisdom, maturity and the examples of why one needs to be honed in on having morals, integrity and the dignity by which we can achieve what we set out to succeed at. Your memory, Officer Cook, continues its destiny around the North Miami Beach, Florida community where you remain a revered soul of a gentleman. Tenacity and ferocity were all due to your make up and the mindset to contain evil and its terroristic reign. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. You cheer us on, Officer Cook and keep bringing down that shiny smile and kind word. You were a true savior and warrior of intuition, ingenuity and the intellect to address an adversary of the meanest proportions.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 20, 2018