Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Just four minutes before you would finish your shift, just a quarter of an inch from your vest, less than five minutes, Dade County, your beloved family and department were mourning their hero. A badge worn humbly, ethically and notably while staying honest, consistent and dignified in all your earthly missions, Officer Cook, meant to safeguard those whom you protected and adored. You were admired and deeply appreciated for your bravery and boldness. Uplifting character, charisma and reverence shown to humanity that is missed terribly just as your truth and trust. A real gentleman with meaning, mettle and the compostions of morals and pride. Day after day you delivered quality and virtue to your profession always to be gallantly saluted for wisdom, vision and maturity that patrolled the streets where you fought the toughest of battles and wars. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 28, 2022

Valor is one's humble esteem, loyalty and honesty that is accentuated while performing one's delicate yet dangerous tasks. You toiled and sweated on our behalf for Dade County, Officer Cook, to live in peace without so much as a threat from violence. The hero in you will never be forgotten by your family, friends and solemn colleagues who teamed with you to stop adversity. A warm smile, a humane heart and soul, integrity and dignity marching with outstanding character and respect you earned from mankind. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 28, 2022

Ideals of intelligence, intuition that was intense and integrity that was consecrated around dignity, character and honor's branches of humility, heart and heroism. You certainly were a very devout, faithful and righteous young man, Officer Cook and having left this earth because of evil all too soon may Our Master shelter your unwavering and tirelessly unselfish soul and spirit within His doors of virtue, wisdom and your maturity. The purposes and journeys which were your sacred missions of hope and goodwill were meant to safeguard the peace and walls of each domain where desire, devotion and grit doggedly patrolled. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 27, 2022

A salute is a symbol of reverence, a sign of truth, a trail where trustworthiness found its noble sources of virtue, honesty and integrity. it was your dignity that validated your heroic life and career, Officer Cook, lighting the paths where your unselfish and tireless dedication travelled. Here in Dade County where you lived and prospered there can never be a more refined human being, bold and gallant who stood for promise and the reasons why you undertook an affirmation to carry out your daily duties with reliablity, versatility and a total comprehension of why integrity, heart and being dignified define our very lives. Yours was the essential life of inspiration as you aspired to become the very best at your professional position laboring for our welfare,health and benefits.Our safe havens, shelters and harmony were because of your heroic soul that cared, was concerned and was most proficient inits due diligence. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. One look into badge#1664 was all the credence that was founded upon your patrols for stability and quiet days ahead.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 27, 2022

Discipline deserves a salute. A patch of persistence and valor that paid dividends to society and never allowed them to sink in disrespect. To think about chasing and facing violence every watch, Officer Cook, you required more than an ample supply of wits, versatility and vision to see the big picture that was down your trails of justice, truth and reason. Trust never departed from you as you were a very valuable member of the team. Tenacity that tried to tame terror and the attitude that was acceptable for your very important earthly missions where Dade County looked forward to a hero's desire and heart for answers. Today as your family and colleagues move forward protecting us and going onward with your legacy that constructed sound foundations for a peaceful future one you should have been allowed to be a part of, may you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. A noble lesson learned is one to be solemnly shared and forevermore honored and saluted.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 27, 2022

God brings us into this world and receives our humble and heroic souls and spirits when our work, missions and journeys here are deemed as completed. Dade County your handsome face and smile each day, Officer Cook, for six years, years of pleasure with family, friends and of course your comrades. no one forgot you and especially your loved ones. For they know that "Uncle Bo" is watching them from above and he will always be their hero, their knight in shining armor who adorned the authenticity of a man who was truly blessed with devotion as his reference of resiliency, resolve and resolution. a gentleman whose faith and trust never wavered and neither did strength of heart, character and the humility of a loyal and disciplined public servant. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 27, 2022

We the people of Dade County submit that you were sensational, supreme in your sacrifice and superb in honoring your parents and mankind. Such gifts are really blessings bestowed upon a man who grew up the right way. You grew up, Officer Cook, with respect, with a heart full of character, honesty and wisdom. The roots and branches were properly placed down on earth for maturity and virtue to blossom. Humanity just shutters and reels when a most humble, dedicated and decent human being is uplifted all too early. The missions of resourcefulness, hope and destinies all lied in front of you. God must have noticed your outstanding character, convictions and prideful commitments and needed your sweet and special spirit and soul in His abode above. Sad that fate never looks at age or gender because a devout individual recognizes that Our Maker is compassionate and merciful to all who share and exist on this earth. You were consummate, Officer Cook, blessed and esteemed, loyal and centered upon essential patrols to rid us of violence. The climate that day was hot and only if a stubborn Mr.Pearsall had complied with your directives that whole day would have had a more positive outcome. Always an angel of versatility and the sanctity that police professionals must maintain. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Dignity and integrity lie at truth and trust's front doors of passion and perseverance.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 27, 2022

Your grace and gentle soul, humble and heroic heart, Officer Cook, blessed this world for twenty-five years. Too short and certainly you were taken all too soon with many happier days and years full of honor, humility and passion ahead. That tragic day what lied ahead was a man totally disfunctional, disrespectful, no heart, no character, truth and anything that would have made that situation different. You always are a hero of Dade County, your family, department, the Central Division where your fortitude, virtue and dignity all endeavored to put out the fires of fierce evil. With a soul of integrity every moment you achieved humbleness and remain a most blessed and revered angel who is cradled by Our Creator. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Badge#1664 was accountable, most capable and wiser by means of your maturity above and beyond the crowd. A human being aware, adapt and full of acumen, pride and humane excellence.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 27, 2022

The truest professionalism is the most blessed and humblest of honesty, dignity and integrity. And you, Officer Cook, were one of the finest public servants of your time, a generation different from today yet a young man, gifted and cherished, heroic and humane. Dade County was surely protected by a loyal, decent and esteemed gentleman of gallantry. The violence and evil you were tasked with stopping well the Lord took you rather Mr.Pearsall robbed you of your life, career, a most blessed marriage and a whole life left to ponder and to enjoy. Your family has carried forward your legacy stamped and sealed with outstanding character and the most faithful of journeys, missions of heart, soul, hope and virtue performed to bring about a quality of serenity, security and safety for your community, your neighborhood where your life had meaning, proper conduct and humility that is now angelic as you walk your eternal beat above. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 27, 2022

Laughter can heal a soul. A heart with a gaping hole generally takes foreve to close when a loved one passes unexpectedly or suddenly while doing their professional jobs. Dade County, Officer Cook, was your territory where tenacity and honesty ran parallel to one another. You were a gentleman of dignity, hope and faithful integrity. True character and trusted commitments to excellence yielded mostly humble results. Heroism is always going to be your virtue, valor and vision, your wisdom and accountability will be saluted and paid humane homage for living a decent life and a career of upstanding and outstanding performance. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 26, 2022

God Himself implants humility and humbleness in our hearts. Haughtiness is a trait that most decent public servants don't thankfully have. They exhibit a level of respect and honorby virtue of possessing dignity, character and integrity that sets them apart from most. Dade County, Officer Cook, was your ground and venue where wisdom. vision and maturity separated you from the crowd. The demands and responsibilites are daunting and yet they must be kept as peace and unity must be the rule if our world is to survive this ignomy. Wickedness can't implant the seeds of sorrow, grief and bloodshed. Humility and caring ppeople strive for success, they reach out for their aspirations. Your heroism, Officer Cook, forever motivates as each woman and man charged with protecting us must share. Everything on the table is seen and they are an essential partof the plan just as you will forever be, your legacy of information and determination stands above watching as God steers your spirit fromplace to place as you guard His gates of angels. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 26, 2022

Deflect what bothers you. Show a certain humble inflection in your voice and sincerest of actions. Yours, Officer Cook, were cherished and greatly admired. Never a worry, hesitation nor doubt how you would behave. It's such a shame that Mr. Pearsall had no heart, respect nor class because if did we might not be remembering your heroic life ended with the ultimate sacrifice. A lesson for mankind to gleam for many decades still to come. Where honesty, integrity and dignity belonged you placed them back onthevery roads of vigilance and due diligence.It's where such grand character and virtue of a man with a heart of gold should be today. Living in a stable and humble retirement with Karen and reliving the good memories of nearly thirty years of professional, proficient and loyal service. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero of commitment, truth and trust.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 26, 2022

Heart, soul and humility are the very branches of honesty, dignity and the integrity of a bold and disciplined public servant. They are supposed to be utilized with gentleness, sincerity and a caring character of which you checked all those boxes, Officer Cook, where mankind, humanity and society are today, this very second is because of you, how you conducted yourself and maintainted an even keel even when Dade County was experiencing tough times and tension. A hot day did not deter you from rescuing the people and saving your fellow comrades. The streets were your onus andyou fully lived up to expectations and the solemn, sacred and humble affirmation your undertook as your badge and uniform represented commitment, compassion and the versatility that levels its roles on each member. A total team effort and you'll always be in the hearts and minds of colleagues and of course your beloved family. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 26, 2022

You tried to steer evil and violence away from our community where you are still highly revered, greatly admired and saluted nobly for wisdom, vision and virtue. Badge#1664 is honor, dignity and integrity that was humble, passionate and very tigerlike in its trails leading to the perpetuation and humane accentuation of security. A mature young man fighting with all heart and soul to restore his neighborhood back to happiness, contentment and the vitality that shall never waver. Your career and life, Officer Cook, were the bookends of success and feats of accomplishment that forever carry great weight. Character,loyalty and the esteemed nature of being responsible and accountable for actions befitting a real hero, true and trusted. A gentleman brave and wise beyond his youthful years taken suddenly by an unscrupulous and totallyheinous individual. You will never be forgotten. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 26, 2022

Being sincere is being honorable and by displaying dignity is having integrity. They were consummate, blessed and most rewarded for if not for you coming to aid your fellow officers and Dade County citizens that awful day on May 16, 1979, Officer Cook,then no telling what more would have transpired. Your family, peers and friends haveall remembered with heart and soul your undying, unselfish and most unwavering character, commitment and convictions all conclusive, truthful and trustworthy. How could we live on in tranquility and stability without the resourcefulness, thoughtfulness and heroic capabilities of a valiant man who is forever an angel in heaven. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 26, 2022

With a constitution stellar, stoic and humbly heroic were you able to conduct your regular duties on behalf of Dade County and its folks, Officer Cook. A man born withclass, decency, dignity and pure desire, one whose dedication and grit were always on a higher evel. Never forgotten for integrity, heart and good character, it will be humbleness and honesty that accentuated your truest of trails and paths all undertaken for a solemn and sacred purpose. Passions and missions of goodwill, hope and faithfulness to be saluted, shared and humanely refered and remembered forevermore. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 26, 2022

You were so superb and valiant, Officer Cook, in serving Dade County and its residents. Always well mannered ,polite and full of smiles and passion. The hero of honor, integrity and dignity lives on in the hea rts and minds of your family and department that marches onward with your legacy of humility,devotion and virtue. You'll be revered forevermore for your actions of boldness and soul that tragic afternoon. A sacrifice society could use as a model for future generations. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 25, 2022

A badge of bravery humbly worn and a uniform sincerely donned with dignity and robed in integrity, it says you were an honorable man, Officer Cook. You protected Dade County rising above the crowd with your unwavering and relentless humility, heart and maturity. You certainly are forevermore missed and your family always carries your smile, virtue and reverent character, trust and truth faithfully on their life destinations. When accountability and responsibility are called there was no hesitation whatsoever. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. A friend so treasured, loyal and esteemed with a passionate command of your roles professionally. Ethics and excellence were the building blocks of a fundamentally proficient life and career.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 24, 2022

Resiliency must be stretched at times if resolutions are to be met. Your virtue and heroic honor, dignity and integrity, Officer Cook,reached thousands of people daily. Nothing that day as dire and as deadly as it turned out could have kept you from saving your comrades and the citizens of Dade County. Wild stallions would not have detoured a man of genuine humility, heart and the class of character, respect and diligence. Officer Keith DiGenova was most humane, poignant and succinct when he stated you were and always will be your family, department and your neighborhood's hero now an eternal angel. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 24, 2022

The realization is that society demands and expects answers to its issues and problems with why peace and stability are not always there for us to live freely. Back in your time, those answers were surely encased in your mind and yet you always acquitted yourself accordingly. Only honor, humbleness and dignity widened your paths and integrity was the factor that broadened your horizons, Officer Cook, a hero, an esteemed comrade and a friend to all Dade County devoted to serving and saving lives. A man with character, a heightened commitment to pride and excellence only displaying and demonstrating virtue, valor, wisdom and vision. The hope, faith and trust must gamefully and truthfully reach out to one another. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 23, 2022

The paths and trails are emblazoned with humility and the foundations of unending tenacity. They came from your heart and soul ofvirtue, vision and viability, Officer Cook. The kind of care and concern neverto be overlooked, never again will Dade County forget your life and career they have not forgotten and my family won't either. You placed your career and life of honesty, integrity and dignity in harm's way to formulate a plan for peace and quiet. Our happiness and health with your desire, dedication and fierce determination all strapped to your badge and uniform of understanding. They uplifted our very hearts and souls. Mankind was certainly enhanced by every unit of relevance, resiliency and resolve that never rested. Always loyal, thoughtful and courteous. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 23, 2022

The bread of the earth, the salt of serenity, safety and security all maintained by your unrelenting goodwill,honesty, devoutness and a heart candid and honest, Officer Cook. This is what makes you forever special, versatile and unselfish in your efforts to protect the folks of Dade County. A mission and a journey carried forth today with your renowned smile, serious demeanor and everything that integrity, dignity and intuition face when addressing adveristy and peril. Heaven is the final venue for your tireless passion and composed compassion that tried its utmost to stop an attrocity from becoming worse. Your family and comrades have not forgotten you. They salute and continue your legacy steeped in morals, values, ideals and wisdom. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 23, 2022

Documentation is forever etched upon walls of memories, heroes and heroines who gave their lives,souls and enchanted hearts for our very semblance of peace and happiness. We must believe in justice, truth and trust. We need keep their spirits alive as heaven is aglow. The Cook, Tidwell and Wilkerson families surely inscribe to this mantra.In keeping your blessed, revered and treasured name, Officer Cook, honor, dignity and integrity must somehow stay in every brave servants heart and badge. They succeeded you and cannot take the pedal off of the brakes while patrolling Dade County in search of tranquility. Serenity and character go together just as truth and trust may not be tampered with nor trampled on. A good man born with desire, decency and class gone way too soon. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 23, 2022

The price you paid, Officer Cook, was your family's pain, sorrow and grief mourning your cherished soul. A loss that never is forgotten and never goes without a salute and a thoughtful prayer and reflection. You were forevermore the consummate guardian angel who watched, served and protected Dade County with every fiber and fabric of ferocity, fortitude and tireless heart and soul. Your humble and heroic spirit one filled with virtue,dignity and integrity is eternally tucked away in heaven where God steers your now and forever perfect missions where honor, dignity and integrity are left alone and never touched with harm, pain and hurt. You fulfilled your goals to become a fine and upstanding officer, a true gentleman that was respected, loyal and esteemed in character that enriched your crusades of your community. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. That gaping hole may have closed a bit there is always a residual affect and a life so valued and heroic must never be overlooked nor shelved.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 23, 2022

Freedom, liberty and stability all are created through a beloved public servant's due diligence, humble and heroic honor and unwavering passion because of their integrity, character and dignified convictions. Yours, Officer Cook, were exactly what the people of Dade County needed and relied upon to see them through a frightened time. A day of evil and violence that robbed you and your family of a beautiful soul and heart. One that really cared and was more than humane. Society has somewhat stumbled by virtue of whatis going on thesedays. Your absense is most felt evenas your loved ones concentrate upon accentuating and perpetuating your legacy of noble actions, reverence and the sanctity of your earthly journeys of truth and trust. Such a commitment founded in the eyes of wisdom, hope, faith and goodwill to be fondly and solemnly saluted for bravery, boldness and reliability. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 23, 2022