Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

That flag of glory where your photograph was taken, Officer Cook, stands for allegiance to duty, unselfish sacrifice, unwavering integrity and dignity and the esteemed and humble honor you afforded people while serving and protecting them. Their peace and togetherness was tired to your focused tenacity and feverish pitch ferocity. Dade County is certainly different than when you started out over forty-three years ago. Priceless moments for heaven's sake. Valuable lessons to be learned from one young and treasured soul of serenity who set out to make our lives more taciturn and sound. You'll not be forgotten for your undaunted resolve and the ressourcefulness that has remained imbedded in our thoughts and hearts forever. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. The way athletes and others respect our flag it may be no wonder why evil and terror strike fear in our hearts. Take care Officer Cook and may your beloved continue watching over those who now serve and assist with keeping peace and liberty a staple for all times.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 15, 2017

Take heart and fondly remember your loved ones did not sacrifice their lives in vain. Vanity is showing off. Vigilance and vigor are the humble designs of dignity, honor and respect. Reverence and integrity for an all important mission of mercy and faith backed up valiantly by character, caring and determined consideration. This is what made you the leader and public servant that served and looked after Dade County residents for nearly a quarter of your young life, Officer Cook. The hopes and dreams you had and pursued happily won't be forgooten, only heroically saluted for having the wisdom and common sense to develop healthy relationships with everyone. Always kind and considerate. Only a special gentleman of the highest gallantry and humility for the service of our community. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 15, 2017

Never play with matches, you never know what might occur. Samething with diligent and devoted public servants as police work is not cutout for everyone. You wanted to become a law enforcement official since you were a young man, Officer Cook and you set out to do you very best to become an esteemed and honorable employee to Dade County. Its citizens could not be more grateful for your heroic actions of May 16, 1979 and everyday for that matter. Peace and justice, integrity and dignity from stellar character, humility and the humane care and concern you had for all whom you loyally served. Your life and career speak of nobility and civil mindedness beyond those required calls of duty. You were detrmined and faithful until your last breath and very sad you are not here to relish what you began to enhance. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. A woman who was a secretary for the department became an officer, unfortunately, her career was not destined to take further shape as she ran into problems with her driving a police car, utilizing a weapon with discretion and other missteps. Thank God you were attentive to details, Officer Cook and only were a source of pride to your family, friends and humble colleagues.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 15, 2017

You leave home everyday peaceful and hope to return safe and sound. The sounds of violence destroy those moments. All public servants understand the risks assigned with their territory and you, Officer Cook, cherished your role as a peacemaker. Dade County's esteem and unity were in your able hands and feet of ferocity, honesty and full fledged dignity and integrity. Comrades and family have fondly remembered your austere personality and the character behind your badge of boldness and uniform of commitment to both pride and excellence. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 15, 2017

Dominance must develop itself from within dignified quarters. It cannot hide and run away from evil. Its shelters of serenity have to be kept ajar at all times for those civil minded to pass through. While shielding and delivering peace and good cheer, Officer Cook, you were a serious minded public servant who geared his grace and gallantry to those meaningful professional tasks at hand. Namely, keeping wickedness at bay and boldness and fairness a tall times by your side. The sense of security and safety must be all officer's priorities if everyone is to live and thrive. Those tents of ferocity you pitched, Officer Cook, were of sound mind and the character all who knew you would treasure and respect. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. It takes humility and humbleness to build architectures of awareness, acumen and astuteness. The job takes years of training, practice, much wisdom and clearly sage vision. A hero who truly was legendary, Officer Cook, as I look at your picture taken behind our flag, I'm reminded of what diligence and resourcefulness are all about. The A BC's of life and a career path undertaken with much fondness and admiration for a dangerously challenging position.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 14, 2017

Arrogance strikes fear in those who devote themselves honorably and nobly to the causes of peace and prosperity in our nation. Here in Dade County you were a tireless servant, Officer Cook, composed, dignified and straight ahead with your integrity and morals born from humility. You can never go wrong by following rules and regulations and because of your undaunted role, you saved lives while serving your faithfully fruitful missions of liberty, hope and mercy for all. Those righteous enough to live on and to continue your watch do so with God's graces pouring His perseverance and resolve upon them. The dew drops, the rain falls, tenacity travels its measured paths relentlessly and full steam ahead. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 14, 2017

Fooling around on company time is forbidden. As we must be assertive in keeping the fires of ferocity ever so hot in this extraordinary battle over evil. It must be stoked and fought with reverence, a pronounced passion, composed honor and the sounds of humility where integrity and dignity are stored for each moment. Dade County, Officer Cook and its citizens were under your watchful guidance and morals in order for you to be accomplished. You sure never let any of your comrades down. They went down those very special concourses as you so faithfully did prevailing when violence reared its ugliness. Your considerate character and commitment to pride and in excellence while donning your pristine uniform and badge made all the difference. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Admired, respected and greatly cherished and humanely saluted, you carried yourself with the highest values and ideals of esteem and proficiency not to be forgotten.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 14, 2017

The essence of humility and of humble honesty begins at home. It then translates to going out on the streets patrolling the freewill and goodwill of all mankind. Courtesies and consideration, care and concern all fall under the eyes and ears of God's loving dignity and integrity qualities you humbly possessed for twenty-five years of life and service to Dade County, Officer Cook. When a man of noble and humane character is taken from his travels and missions before his time we must honor and salute your wisdom, conviction and vision all from your beloved soul and heart of giving. One that gave peace and unity a fair chance to share among our world. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Our Lord sits and judges us upon the effort we put forth as human beings. Your service, Officer Cook, left no doubt as to your desire, determination, motivation and leadership capabilities.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 14, 2017

Headaches and other aches and pains are a part of police work. So too are bumps, bruises and at times something broken. Public servants go out on patrol in the various communities around our country and scour for peace and calm, it's in their genes of gallantry and goodwill to serve and to save lives. You brokered friendship, Officer Cook, through devotion and faithfulness to duty and due to your honor, dignity and integrity can all Dade County folks reside in unison and be freed of the bonds of evil. Rotten and lousy wanton violence that took your young life and career away from you. Courage and commitment to excellence work together as well as trust when combined with humility toward all humanity. It is those pathways you carved out for other brave and diligent future officers. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Heroes and heroines don't simply come and go and then vanish. Their lives of realism are to be treasured and saluted vigorously for having the know how on when to take command of any given situation.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 13, 2017

Thankfully we have dedicated men and women primed for the challenge of their lives. It's in their modest bravery, humble honor and blessed acumen of awareness, integrity and stellar dignity that helps see them through on their journeys of justice and equality for everyone. Every community needs a stalwart man or woman of charisma, hope and faith that devotes every ounce of efficiency in providing peace and goodwill, prosperity to all. You delivered on your solemn bond, Officer Cook, brandishing good morals and the fine fiber of solid character and conviction to witness your missions to their finish. Only thing though, God had other plans and that was to take your beautiful soul back to heaven to reunite with your father, Charles, may he too rest in peace. At least the blueprint and outlines are there for a brighter tomorrow, though you should have been allowed to be here to see all the change, its genesis from your unselfish sacrifice. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 13, 2017

I see, Officer Cook, that the Officers Down Memorial Page has changed a bit. One thing that remains a constant and that is your honor and heroism shall always be fondly and humbly saluted for its dignity and integrity. No matter the scene, Dade County and its residents were always protected by your humane and cherished character and boldness in commitment to monitoring evil and in trying your hardest to eliminate its ugliness. Comrades, family and friends remember the superior servant of reverence and humility who strive for peace and unity for everyone. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. God is watching over your brave soul, Officer Cook, the one and blessed man who took on responsibility with reason and unwavering command.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 13, 2017

Justice takes the humble of the humble, the brave of the brave and the honorable among the honest to wash away the sting and odor of wanton evil. Wickedness perpetrated upon innocent individuals who choose life and peace over terror and turmoil. Dade County and its people received your unwavering convictions, Officer Cook and your sane and serene rationale. It was vision and wisdom such as yours that has cemented courage, dignity and intergrity into our passages of resolve and perseverance. A fine man of humility and concern whose character and commitment was there to fight the raging battle sover violence. You are missed and not forgotten for your outstanding protection, service and preservation. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. All those cornerstones you helped to set down have been adorned by acumen, awareness and the clear understanding of what needs fixing. The ailments are there and you attempted your utmost to stop a bad circumstance, Officer Cook, from mushrooming into a greater calamity.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 12, 2017

Your family, friends and colleagues all wish you were here today with your smile and congenial personality. And yet as a humble and bravely honorable public servant, Officer Cook, you served Dade County and its residents with distinction and devotion, the faith you learned and practiced in your home environment. Nothing shall take away your heroic actions of May 16, 1979, nor tarnish your character and composure in the very face of danger. It has left an indelible mark upon our society where violence and turmoil still rules. That day will soon come to a crashing conclusion and you helped, Officer Cook, to bring us peace, unity and the wiseness of reasons as to why life matters top all who ever live and pursue happiness. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Foundations laid down. A life and career given humanely for dreams and serenity to keep marching forward.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 12, 2017

Savor the memories of a classy man's character and commitment to excellence while driving home honor, peace and the principles of morals and integrity. Yes, you did all that for Dade County's people, Officer Cook. Consistency and courage from within your caring and kind heart. One that humanely served humanity with all its energy. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. The characters of our beloved heroes and heroines lies forever in God's pearly palace to be protected from evil for eternity.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 12, 2017

As the holidays are soon upon us we pause to remember your gallant and honest efforts to serve us, Officer Cook and to procure peace and freedom among our midst as you demonstrated on behalf of Dade County citizens almost forty years ago. Your integrity, character, style and good graces will never be forgotten. A hero so humble and treasured deserving to live and to continue those journeys you started as a young man. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 12, 2017

When we seek the advice of an admired person of wisdom and vision, we seek the humble love and esteem of that gallant and brave fellow. You were sought out, Officer Cook, to serve a special mission that had your eyes and ears attached to this package. One of proverbial instincts of ingenuity, intellect and the intuition to succeed mightily in all your endeavors. For twenty-five years of accomplishment and fruition you delivered acumen and honor, integrity and the guises of dignity and the pathways of concise character, commitment to excellence and pride, a uniform worn smartly and succinctly as a Metro-Dade Police Officer who symbolized peace, prosperity and security for one and all. Always very beloved and missed terribly, you will be solemnly saluted for humility and compassion above and beyond the scopes of bringing evil to its knees surrendering terror and replacing it with a virtue of silence and the voices of happiness for all who ever cherish this. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. An absence that only makes our hearts and souls grow fonder of you, Officer Cook, a heroic legacy and a gentleman of overwhelming civility backed by the visions for a brighter future. Your sacrifice bears this out and it will remain etched and imprinted in our minds to think back and remember the wonderful and beautiful moments. So sad everything to look forward to derailed by wanton evil, heinous and incomprehensible.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 11, 2017

Nothing shall erode great effort, endearing efficiency and the engaging life of a man so courageous and gallant, who served passionately as a police officer in Dade County for six years. Officer Cook, you were the loyal friend and admired colleague to all who worked out of the Central Division. It was your honesty, core values of dignity and integrity that passed the tests of time. Those wings of heroism now allow you forever to fly higher in God's VIP kingdom where humility rests with its angelic heroes and heroines who cast light upon terror and brought the mantras of peace and preservation upon our great community. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. No cues were necessary when you patrolled the darkest alleys nor the brightest streets. Safety, serenity and security were advanced all to a higher sphere of separation for us to live according to our needs.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 11, 2017

When we run through that proverbial gauntlet who knows what we will encounter? Police run through danger, violence whatever is out in public trying its darndest to unnerve us. Repetition and training make for good business partners. You partnered with so many wonderfully honorable and brave men and women, Officer Cook, all who could only speak highly of a supreme and humbly dignified man of integrity and the trails of tenacity and character preceding your career and life, one lived and enhanced by ideals, values and the ethics of politeness needed to bring last peace and resolve to all Dade Count folks. You're always in my mind and I'm sure your family, professional comrades and plethora of friends from all over this nation. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. We shall renew your affirmations to humanely and gallantly fight on as long as your soul watches our every movement.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 11, 2017

When the stock market crashes there are those who think the world is doomed. Not so fast. When our lives are endangered we rely upon the humble and loyal instincts of our most valiant, courageous and dignified men and women in uniform to rescue us from the fears that grip and even polarize our society. Negative and positive, everyone has an opinion on life. We just place our faith and trust in servants such as yourself, Officer Cook, who lifted the doldrums and obstacles off our shoulders. You handled adversity as any man of integrity who incorporated dignity in all your heroic destinies, those devoted and humble missions of mercy and goodwill dispensed equally among mankind with your competent character, commitment and conviction to see fairness meted out justly. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Our Lord's lair is rightly holding those heroic souls of serenity forever until your family, Officer Cook, sees you again. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Charming and gregarious just the right gentleman to correctly battle the winds of wickedness.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 11, 2017

The end of a person's life here only magnifies what the after life will be. In God's secret fortress where his devoted and honored so humbly sleep soundly. They rest by virtue of their resolve and integrity wherein their humble dignity lies. You gave Dade County and its citizens full blown humility and the decency to last a lifetime, Officer Cook. The peace and happiness has been forever hitched to your humane and most heroic acts of kindness and nobility. Courteous and thoughtful, well mannered and very pleasant. God uplifts His flock of ferocity and makes very certain they remain unharmed for having the grit and grace to be most civil and discreet. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. You preserved and persevered, Officer Cook, as instructed by your parents.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 11, 2017

Bravery trumps fear. Respect and honor conduct their professional affairs as well when dignity and integrity fly together which they did during your humble career, Officer Cook. For your stellar character and morals my neighbor, friend and hero all those humane salutes of ingenuity are due. Serving Dade County and its residents gave you the abilities to see the future and with unwavering wisdom did your missions take hope and shape. Rest in peace. Superior protection and your undivided attention to all details. They make a public servant's hopes and dreams more humble and blessed. Your good name, Officer Cook, shall live on in eternity where other angelic heroes and heroines reside by Our Creator's pearly gates of gallantry.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 11, 2017

Lights brighten the atmosphere we live in. Police enlighten us with their inspirational ingenuity and the humble honesty that utilized in battling an adversary such as evil. Violence only causes doom and gloom and clouds our future progress. You made all lives in Dade County matter, Officer Cook, with your engaging spirit of faith and hope, its optimism as noble as your bravery and integrity from within. Our futures now look better because of your unwavering and unquestionable morals and the character needed to challenge all commitments. You were a hero, Officer Cook, a man of aspirations that have turned to inspirations as a legendary public servant. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. At this time of year and always Our Creator's heavenly shelters are very well lit. Never darkness. Humanity's lights shine forth.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 10, 2017

Never too high, you scoured Dade County for resolve and the quiet and unity so very much needed for us to live on. We fight on in your dignified and honorable name, Officer Cook. You were a man of integrity and the maturity to be able to handle all calls that came your way. You kept your word of wisdom and vision, the morals, principles and character that commitment to courage delivers. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 10, 2017

You remove hate and bigotry, you'll probably have a country better suited to peace and prosperity. You tried your best, Officer Cook, to remove evil from Dade County allowing its residents better days ahead. A class man of character and devotion faithfully discharging his duties with dignity and all the integrity that is called from all public servants. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. You cherished humility and gave humanity all the humane kindnesses that civility and nobility calls for.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 10, 2017

The nation is a society of many faces. Those many faces have many different features behind them. Your features, Officer Cook, were of a ferocious nature and of stellar honor and integrity. Dignity and humility carry all navigations of our most esteemed and beloved brave souls of serenity and the safety to help make peace a shared reality. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero of character, courage and humanity.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 9, 2017