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

Ideas and ideals are those very humane virtues that demonstrate their fortitude. Your unwavering aptitude and blessed acumen, Officer Cook, were exactly what the residents of Dade County needed during their times of crisis. A young man blessed for heroism, humility and a heart so carefully precise, caring and loyal when it was expected. Dignified people of integrity display their mettle and meaningful morals for their entire lives and career, yours my neighbor,friend and hero never waned nor were derailed. Rest in peace.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 8, 2022

Available, dependable and capable as only any loyal servant would be. The outcome should have different, Officer Cook, yet you acquitted yourself in a very commendable manner. Decent, dedicated and devoted as much as a dignified man would be. Integrity at least a fighting chance to defeat the callousness of wickedness. The heart and soul of a lion whose trustworthiness and truth continues being perpetrated by your family marching forward with heroic legacy. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 8, 2022

A model human being with all the honesty, dignity and integrity that public service demands and one who met violence with a humble and heroic heart, soul and spirit. Everything about you, Officer Cook, was the truth and trust that accentuated your trails of conviction and respectful character to be remembered fondly. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 8, 2022

Tenacity is action amplified. Your humble and heroic life and career addressed all issues, circumstances and dilemmas seriously enough to need your assistance and due diligence, Officer Cook. Dade County received humane care and heart all from a caring gentleman of humility, integrity and dignity all facing adversity head on. The future should have been brighter and yet we still cannot fully understand why you were taken so young. Character, commitment to justice, truth and trust will stand righteously as angels in heaven where you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 8, 2022

Your family and Dade County all miss your sweet smile, serious demeanor and honor, Officer Cook. A hero well schooled, blessed and well mannered in dignity, integrity, character and respect. Heaven has angel of valor whose virtue and versatility were an esential part of your earhtly missions. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 8, 2022

Humanity holds its collective breath when good women and men all humble, honorable and all duly trained are hurt doing their jobs where peril lurks. Badge#1664 was there and present to do whatever was necessary to preserve the dignity, integrity and sanctity of life. You were, Officer Cook, a hero forevermore blessed with a foundation of acumen, astuteness and the awareness that all public servants must possess. You surely deserve the praises and salutes of valor due to you for having a heart of gold so meticulous, caringand well mannered. Never forgotten, heaven has your sweet personality to embrace its many solemn angels of bravery. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 7, 2022

Your whole family, Officer Cook, loved you, adored you, admired you and respected you for doing something not many ordinary folks would consider. Dade County was indeed blessed and rewarded for your grateful soul, heart and spirit of honesty, dignity and integrity acted as one humble unit of understanding and compassion. Police have to be a lot of things wearing many hats besides mettle, scruples and principles. The demands are intense, the work is sometimes complicated with strife, grief and loads of dilemmas and problems to resolve. You did a fine job, excellence ran through your veins of virtue and courage. A wise man listens, a fool does not gave any attention. Your angelic soul is rewarded every second by Our Creator for its relevance and indulging in mankind's embrace. You uplifted with passion, enriched and enhanced with a tireless and unselfish reverence that were the finest. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 7, 2022

The waters at times are calm, other moments they are rough same with the streets, roads and corners you preserved here in Dade County, Officer Cook. A hero fully wrapped in humbleness and blessed with the decency, desire and drive to succeed. Determination usually carries onewho is loyal and devoted far down those treks of tenacity. When thrown an oaryou should grab it, probably will prolong your life. When tossed into a lake if you can swim you can save yourself. For endeavor, efficency and undying heart and soul my neighbor, friend and hero may you rest in peace. You did all you could that fateful day, Officer Cook, offering Mr. Pearsall an olive branch, he did not heed your directives very tragic for everyone involved. Your character, vigilance and virtue rose like cream to the top. Your family misses your smile,laugh and everything that you accentuated in this world and now as an angel in eternity your spirit perpetuates precision, perfection and peace as you walk your solemn beat.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 7, 2022

From point to point and from place to place precision. proficiency and perseverance travelled. They patrolled an entire area where danger,peril and whatever lurked You searched high and low, Officer Cook, from some stem of security,for some root of resolve, for some branch of truth, trust and integrity. Your dignity built numerous bridges and pathways for Dade County to continue its peace, happiness and trails of yearning and purpose while giving your soul, spirit and heart for life to go onward. The Cook, Wilkerson and Tidwell families carry the legacy of your life as firmly as the torches of their serenity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 7, 2022

Clarity is the clearest and when darkness pervades a society then good men and women of loyalty, esteem and honor must bounce up to abort evil and send its violence away somewhere. You pounced upon opportunities, Officer Cook, as a heroic Dade County hero just like a lion seizing its prey except that very terror filled day your whole life, career, dignity and integrity had to battle such a rotten man ith no reverence, heart or soul. Yours, was in the right place to aid, protect and to serve thepublic. Such sacred missions of hope,faith and goodwill were your wisdom, humility and character coming together as your solemn commitment to pride and excellence and where conviction rested. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 7, 2022

Values are the very virtues of valor, vision and high end versatility which you always gave Dade County residents, Officer Cook. A hero so honored because of dignity, integrity and character it says you were consummate, caring and dedicated to your masterful profession. A gladiator whose gallant life and career represented the exact sanctity that was your truthful andmost treasured trails of justice. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 7, 2022

An ideal that has been preserved and cherished for its loyal and unique values and vision. Your virtue and versatility, Officer Cook, was heroism and honor applied to every case given to you. Dade County was where your life and career grew into a model of consistency, so validating your legacy of integrity and dignity. Your ferocity and character were the branches of a man blessed and gifted with unending acumenand awareness. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 6, 2022

Flexibility and onus are a means to starting the assignments that need solving. Crime and violence need more than taming morethan a litle persuasion. With your heart and mind working together, Officer Cook, Dade County was more than adequately served by a sincere and a most trusted warrior. Bold and brave, badge#1664 was about reverence, diligence and all your character undying and never more determined. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 6, 2022

A large net of never ending unselfish and tireless energy was exerted day by day to insure peace and proper life for Dade County. Your conclusive character, duly thoughtful commitment and such truthful and trustworthy convictions left a legacy of heroism, Officer Cook, that will be humbly remembered. Your integrity, dignity and honor was stoic, stellar and certainly sterling. For aiding and providing the righteous assistance may Our Creator watch over your heart, soul and spirit which was all virtue and versatility. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 6, 2022

Hard work does pay dividends and the toil of one tenacious gentleman on behalf of Dade County, your home, Officer Cook, will always serve as a heroic inspiration to all. Family, peers and friends are grateful that an admired man would give his life and career for safe havens and blessed serenity. Integrity, character and your fortitude beyond its dignity were blessings and now in eternity they reap their loyal and treasured rewards. Public servants must have a thick skin to withstand the charges that come after them and resist any temptation to stray from the highest of standards that must be met. Not just travel and patrol, to stay consistent day after day and keep calm. Virtue and valor, vision and wisdom, clarity and maturity that made you such an adored and respected comrade. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 6, 2022

The fruits of your sacred labor have been blessed and cherished, humbly rewarded for their wisdom and maturity. With all the endeavor and professional perseverance, Officer Cook, were you able to maintain the steady rudders of resolve and resurcefulness where Dade County could bask in a fortress of peace and humane stability to uplift their lives of happiness, health and prosperity. Just an all around wonderful young man gifted, skilled and talented beyond the eyes and ears of honesty, integrity and dignity which fought off the nastiness of adversity. A hero etched forever in his family, colleagues and friends' hearts forever and to be solemnly honored for his sanctity, civility and most noble actions that blessed this land. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 6, 2022

Mankind wanders. Evil is just insanity piled on top of humanity. You demonstrated goodwill, hope and faithfulness, Officer Cook, all heroic honor, integrity and dignity that protected and preserved the quality of life here in Dade County. Such a kind and gentle man, a human being warm and engaging with an endearing smile. One can just ponder why anyone would usurp the unassuming and humble character of a reliable public servant? You forever be honored, paid homage and saluted for making peace and stability a factor to be greatly admired. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 6, 2022

Passion at times must be harnessed. Honesty and dignity must be focused and centered upon those duties that will uplift integrity, character and truth. You always had the trust of Dade County, Officer Cook, just a man so heroic and disciplined. A man of harmony and stability keeping his oars of outstanding work with him day after day. The wars and battles are difficult and arduous at times, you maintained a calming affect during periods where heightened escalation of violence happened.We owe our liberty and stability to a gentleman with heart and soul attached to wisdom and virtue. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Always a loyal soul who never gave in and kept the ships of justice afloat.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 5, 2022

A parade is supposed to be enjoyed and should enlighten your peace and happiness. Dade County was where your heart, soul and spirit of ventures took place, Officer Cook. Yet firefights and whatever disturbances took place all threatened our hopes, dreams and serene prosperity. You were proud, noble, honorable and loyal to your fellow officers who have missed their comrade and friend of dignity, integrity and the eyes of character and valor. You received mankind with a smile and humble embrace, forty-three years since your life and career ended too soon you are still and forevermore greatfully admired and remain a man to be passionately saluted for your precise perseverance. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Thank God for your family though I wish I could stay in better contact with them they exude faithfulness, humility and the honor of taking your legacy in their hearts and souls.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 5, 2022

Effort is heroic and humble honor poured forth so that our land is free of duress and troubles. So much character, commitment and conviction that was the very foundation of your dignity, integrity and reverence, Officer Cook. A hero to be saluted for capturing humanity's imagination with your fierce determinatnion, dedication and devotion so proud and true. Dade County will never overlook your feats of bravery which all were heart warming and desireable. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. A journey that stands alone as your noted and heroic legacy.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 5, 2022

Picnics and fun should be the order of your days, weeks, life and blessed retirement. Tragic that you could not experience that goal. Yet, your blessed and treasured name, Officer Cook, keeps paying it forward. Bravery, heart and heroism move along as does the light of your gentle spirit in the skies above. Badge#1664 was reverence, care and concern, loyalty and the daily enhancement of Dade County your proud home. Nothing finer than a humble man diligent and most articulate in his vigilance.Honor served. Integrity engaged. Dignity both preserved and protected life and property. You can't say enough of a public servant who lived and sacrificed for his community where courage, wisdom and virtue were those valuable vehicles of trust and truth. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 5, 2022

The dog days of summer have arrived, Officer Cook, but then again sadly crime and its waves of monsterous trouble have heated up. In Philadelphia, two officers were shot but should survive, outside Chicago in Highland Park six people were killed by a madman and in Akron, Ohio a young man was killed by police shot around sixty times. I don't know what make of this other that insanity and evil continue eroding society's cornerstones chipping away at its sound foundations. Dade County had its share of messes you and your esteemed, heroic and loyal comrades had to clean up dealing with domestic and any issues that were squarely placed on your plates of perseverance, proficiency and where dignity, character, trust,truth and integrity all belonged. You won't be forgotten my neighbor, friend and hero. What your lost that day cannot be returned to you, your family and to Karen. Your department marches onward with your inspiration, hopes and faithful goodwill attached to their uniforms and badges of heart and soul instrumentally patrolling your beloved neighborhood. Rest in peace.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 5, 2022

I was driving home today from a catholic community where I visit its Jewish residents, Officer Cook and was thinking about you. Such a gentleman of honor, faith, heart and heroism making the ultimate sacrifice on behalf of Dade County. So much more to do and to accomplish, the Lord needed your keen observations, dignity and integral character surrounding Him and His humble flock of heroes and heroines. Your family has carried on their life journeys with your spirit and unwavering unselfishness tied to their every step. The courage and boldness, the wisdom, vision and virtue standing beside versatility, accountability and responsibility all caring, meaningful and most essential during times of trouble while you were protecting our very security and serenity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 5, 2022

Today, Officer Cook, I spoke Officer Keith DiGenova and wished him a happy July 4th. Such a tragedy and the sacrifice of honor, service and reverence that was given and upheld in dignity, integrity and truth. Trustworthiness that Dade County came to admire and to appreciate. Our safe havens and secure homes came about your undying service and most passionate care, concern and consideration. Your spirit and soul always will shine forth forevermore in Our Master's kingdomofheroes, wise and mature. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Character that was clutch. Commitment that was unwavering and unselfish. Tireless energy and conviction that forer stands firm as your heroic legacy. Eternity welcomes its flock of ferociousness and full throttle tenacity.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 4, 2022

Every secret has its hints of humility and every beat of your stoic heart, Officer Cook, imparted the greatest morsel of information, virtue and wisdom to be solemnly honored and saluted for dignity, integrity and vigilance all paid its dear price for our very foundations and futures of which it's a crying shame you were not allowed to be a part of. Don't know if allowed is the proper word to use, will fate and destiny took your spirit to newer eternal heights and mankind is missing today such a capable and a truthfully vital warrior with instincts that left a profound, noble and a sacred impression. Dade County was your place of harmony, your home for proper conduct and venue where your vehicles of acceptabilty and careful trails began. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 4, 2022

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