Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

In this seemingly never ending battle of violence we witness with our own two eyes those who genuinely care to preserve and protect the public interest. Your supremely valiant work, Officer Cook, must not and will never be forgotten. It was your honesty, integrity and dignity which blazed a trail for other comrades to follow after. We salute your bravery, maturity and leadership that enabled you to stay safe and to keep the peace and togetherness of a Dade County community yearning for it. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Yesterday, I saw a picture of your beloved Karen. She had to be a very wonderful woman and adored wife if only God had granted you more years. Your legacy has surrounded your loved ones and those who worked alongside of you doing battle over evil.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 13, 2016

Like yourself, Officer Cook, I too come across all kinds of folks from different backgrounds, you just try to stay patient and loyal to each.Your days, afternoons and evenings spent as a police officer were the most happiest of your life. Violence that takes the lives of our bravest public servants can never tarnish their uniforms and badges wore with honor and dignity. Crime in the end does not pay and one day it will be your shining soul that obliterates this monster we brand as wickedness. Your steady and prolific work ethic allowed you to be successful. There was humbly more left to achieve. That assignment or role now falls squarely on your family members and comrades who have since taken over your watch. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. We honor your supreme service to all Dade County residents by helping others to maintain the peace and freedom you tried to instill in all mankind. Your devotion and faith never wavered. Your responses will only absolute and astute as was your diligence and keen vision, wisdom and leadership capabilities. You dignified your department, Officer Cook, just by your bright smile and persevering nature, yet a man a gentleman with a calming voice of reason and positive influence. That maturity has been noticeably absent from your ranks all these years later, yet not forgotten. It tackled all situations. The partners you paired together with had to be extremely grateful.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 12, 2016

Happiness helps push away greed and envy. Better to be zealous in all your efforts than display jealousy. Police officers have a hard enough time getting their hands on a perplexing problem without some hidden outside force maneuvering its ugliness into the dilemma. You injected, Officer Cook, your compassion, honesty and dignity into all phases of your daily life and police career, one headed for greatness if not for the insane violence that ended your life. Life has real meaning and because of its preciousness it must be valued as sacred. You are sure to remain special and treasured, adored by your loving family at home and those who went out on patrol each day with you to prevent further uprisings. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. A life of integrity. A humbly heroic legend of conviction, character and courage to stay embedded in our hearts and minds forever.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 12, 2016

Warm and congenial. Respectful and resolute. Life and its chores all revolve around the openings and the closings of all the right doors. The ones we choose by desire to go through, we must act in a civil and humane manner. A life of service and morals, Officer Cook, everyday was dictated by your unwavering, undying effort to string together peaceful and unified conditions. Dade County continues changing, sad that you could not be here to witness these terrific events. Your lovely soul shines down its rays of hope and renewal spreading its much needed love and admiration for all. You displayed the kindness, the care and concern for all citizens, how can we forget? May 16, 2016 is fast approaching and another anniversary of forced retirement is here. I'm always going to ponder why? You answered a call you answered many other times, you were superior in your heroic actions, you did all you could do, your commitment and valor has never been overlooked. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Comrades around the nation have remembered your hard work and leadership that has made an everlasting legacy of conviction and class stay framed as a foundation for other officers to endeavor to emulate.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 11, 2016

To defend one's honor takes special individuals who are oriented in performing their tasks in an honest and dignified way. Dade County and its community relies on the resourcefulness of each officer to lead and to live a life of humbleness and integrity. You go for a stroll, you think, you wonder and you come back to your original starting point. You started your police career, Officer Cook, over forty-three years ago, as I have stated numerous times it took its genesis from your upbringing by your adored and beloved parents in North Miami Beach, Florida. From there the values and principles that were instilled within you stayed as a motivational tool for your sage usage of them when protecting and serving the public interest. Your intelligence, diligence and decency shadowed you as you kept up the peace process and the healthy enhancements of all mankind. Cherished, respected and saluted for having the courage and bravery to act accordingly, you'll not be forgotten. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Your dedication and determination to stop wickedness as made your legacy that much more heroic. Your life and professional choice was heroic as was how you donned your uniform and badge of strength and character.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 11, 2016

The privilege to work hard to become a police professional is something not just handed out like candy. It is not just given to everyone. Its strengths and rewards await those who are loyally humble enough to perform their assignments promptly and properly. You wore your uniform, Officer Cook, proudly and honorably. It was your nature as it should be with all officers to act with care, integrity and dignity. This is not a broken record. It's the fact that all who serve and protect the public safety are supposed to carry on with morals and principles as they are held to a higher standard than most. You'll be remembered and saluted forever, Officer Cook, for having the energy to correct what needed to be fixed and for uplifting the downtrodden. One never overlooks a man's unwavering courage to sacrifice in order for enhancement and decency to continue its journeys going forward. Your soul and its spirit my neighbor, friend and hero are as clear as your heroic legacy. Pristine and as persevering, diligent and devoted to the calls of duty. Your place now is high above in God's heavenly shelter where no hurt will ever come your way again. You were a good man. A gentleman of respect and reverence. A blessing and Godsend to all your family, friends and colleagues who proudly wear their uniforms and badges as you faithfully did. Rest in peace.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 10, 2016

I'll take endeavor and desire over malfeasance and malcontents. All police departments function under the blankets of ethical conduct, honorable and dignified men and women who are the brave and valiant heroes and heroines of our time. They patrol as you patrolled Dade County, Officer Cook, with zeal, class and decency. One can never forget you giving your life and career so integrity and ingenuity can make a proper turn around the block. Those corners were well canvassed by yourself, Officer Cook and your fellow comrades who respected and admired your quality of courage, commitment and character. That word in any profession or choice of endeavor seems at times to get lost in the transition from violence to peace, unity and liberty. You secured the hope of all mankind with your spirit of passion, compassion and the humility necessary to function adequately at all moments. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 10, 2016

Take time to make time. Take a moment to recline. After that and when you catch your breath the tasks at hand begin. They begin to challenge the most moral and honest of public servants. They can torment the most physically talented of heroes and heroines. They can blow the cap right off your head. The winds blows dirt into your eyes making sight a problem. Nothing could distract you, Officer Cook, from your appointed rounds around Dade County. Its people felt the relief you provided. Quarrels were settled. Disturbances were dissolved. Troubles were resolved and dignity, grace and integrity were given back to those in line waiting for a helping hand. What we can state with a solemn affirmation is that you were humble and humane, brave and bold, committed to quality and strength in character to leave a long and eternal legacy for all mankind to take notice of. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 9, 2016

On the wings of endless courage do our many angels of heroism now fly high up in God's beautiful sky. Their honesty, dignity and integrity keep them perpetually afloat for all that they achieved in this world in service and protection completed with love and admiration for their professional position. You graced Dade County and its citizens, Officer Cook, with respect and outstanding performance in saving lives of your comrades and the people who trusted your instincts, intelligence and morally proper intuitions. The very sense and clear sight to lead others through danger and peril will never be forgotten. You have remained cherished and treasured as the gentleman of gallantry and valor whose legacy of faith and devotion shines like a finely cut diamond. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Courage and character from the moment you were conceived by your loving mother and brought up by a loving dad as well. Your spirit flies high, Officer Cook, because of your highest of standards. That bar remains high for other officers to follow along.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 9, 2016

I hope and pray you are having a lovely Mother's day today, Mrs. Cook, along with your daughter, Nancy and your granddaughter, Gina Wilkerson. Though we never forget those resourceful actions of your beloved son, Officer William C. Cook, which protected and presented us with many moments of peace and relief. Thank God for your honorable and loyal deeds of heroism, your dignified mannerisms and thoughts of integrity. Resolve and devotion comfort us when your commitment and pride accompanied you on all your professional tasks. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Character and courage, bravery and valor have moved around in heaven as your soul, cherished as it was moves around gracefully observing our loyal and trustworthy movements in and around Dade County and its community where you were respected and greatly admired. Your son, brother and uncle will always remain dear to my family and I.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 8, 2016

We place our trust in our esteemed police officers that they secure the safety of all people. It's their dignity, integrity and honesty that make peace and freedom happen. You were a man on missions of enhancements, Officer Cook and those endeavors have led to more serene and peaceful settings for all Dade County citizens today. But through it all you remain a guardian angel of heroic actions, Officer Cook, cherished and revered by all. Our fights for liberty can be directly attributed to your perseverance and highly sought after diligence. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. :Legacies stay here and the souls behind those humble convictions float about from point to point in God's enchanted kingdom. They must travel to observe those here carrying on as faithfully as you did, Officer Cook.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 8, 2016

Diligent and devoted to the causes by which we live. You can be certain all police officers function under the mantra of honesty, integrity and dignity. So long as this occurs they at least can be safe as well as providing us, the residents of Dade County with a safe haven to thrive. You thrived, Officer Cook, under a banner of loyalty and welfare for all. Your comrades have remembered your heroism through and through. Your parents raised two great children and one darling son with humility to fight all the battles of evil that keep our peace and unity away from us. The kind heart, the considerate and consummate professional only cared that we were happy and prosperous. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Etched in marble, your name stays for all to see. Your soul and spirit continue enhancing God's heavens above where you now serve a greater mission. To look down on us and to make sure other colleagues are performing their tasks as remarkably as you did, Officer Cook. A Godsend and a blessing. You remain cherished and always near to us.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 7, 2016

Dedicated to the crusades of courage, you remain, Officer Cook, the humbly heroic hero of Dade County. You served with admiration and respect, loyalty and faithfulness all through your life and career. When peace and goodwill can thrive this is how we salute your bravery. Dignity and integrity take all their leads from one determined young man. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Your legacy reflects the commitment and perseverance by which you protected all mankind.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 7, 2016

Admired and beloved. Treasured and taciturn. Yet, when the calls came there you were honorably and faithfully discharging all of your professional obligations, Officer Cook. When integrity, dignity and intuition meet at the very same intersection, something favorable has to happen. Twenty-five years spent helping others with outstanding results to match. Whenever I read Chief Bowlin's reflection of you, it only makes me think how valued and cherished you were as an officer. You saved your colleagues' lives and those of the civilians who were caught in the heat of that domestic battle. When things got hot, you were to cool people down. Talking sensibly, calmly and rationally usually helps. You did all you could, God needed yo u more for His missions, you'll not be forgotten. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 6, 2016

Reverence and respect. Resolve and resourcefulness. Thirty-seven years later these words ring like a bell and well they should. You stood tall and humble, Officer Cook, in honesty, dignity and integrity. Words are but words. It is and it was your heroic actions that have helped secure the sanity and serenity for all Dade County. Its residents can be quite grateful. You left behind so many memories, just a nice and respectful young man doing his utmost as a loyal and dedicated public servant. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. A hero's legacy of bravery, courage and commitment to excellence that will last for eternity. Your family, comrades and friends can remember the gentleman with a humane purpose to assist others.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 6, 2016

Beloved and loyal by all and to all, Dade County and its residents always felt a measure of your generosity, Officer Cook, it was shared and given out in honor, dignity and integrity. Before we can take from that heavenly source, we must be prepared to put something back in the source. Intuition. Intelligence. Wisdom. Knowledge. They all took their cues from your parents, my neighbor, friend and hero. A uniform worn proudly. A badge pinned prudently. Perseverance and reverence for your professional duties was given top priority. The citizens now feel very much at ease and live happier and more peacefully. Rest in peace. Conviction, valor and character have taken a seat on God's throne, nothing can tarnish this nor your humbly spoken good name. It deeds spoke heroically of a well lived life and a career left for those who loved and knew you to marvel at.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 5, 2016

Tonight we look back on your life and career, Officer Cook, one accomplished honorably, with dignity and integrity seated next to you at all times. Dade County revers its heroes and heroines of the past, for without brave and courageous servants like yourself, enhancements for generations to come may never have materialized. You'll remain treasured and saluted for settling disputed between all folks. Legacies stay in the public domain for us to view. Your humbleness and humility God has taken to a higher spiritual level where it can travel wherever and whenever. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Always a hero! Always a gentleman with a big, caring and kind heart.!

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 5, 2016

Humanity and humility to accomplish something so precious in life leaves one to only think about what more one could accomplish if God decides to grant us more time on this Earth. If God could have given you more time, Officer Cook, the flames of dignity, integrity and honor would never be extinguished. For you would have taken the opportunities that you relished to share this with others. Twenty-five tears of caring, concern and compassion, all because of your passion to want to make a difference. That change is still enhancing the Dade Count area where you were beloved and admired. Admiration and respect for a uniform and badge befitting a hero of humbleness. If some of us could even picture a man doing what he always wanted to do and fulfilling our needs with the greatest affection for everyone no matter who they were. To serve and to protect then takes on a more substantial meaning. When duty calls, Officer Cook, you never ran. You faced people and spoke what needed to be communicated and evil was faced in a similar manner. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. This Thursday night you and your angelic comrades of bravery and valor will once again be so saluted and honored for never letting us down. Dade County will be forever indebted to your kindness and commitment to excellence and the pride with which you performed your role Those flames have stayed well lit as your family continues your goodness and missions to better our society where we pray one day real soon violence and bloodshed will cease and vanish.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 4, 2016

If violence and hate could ever cease, police officers and their roles would be lessened a bit. One thing that cannot let up or be surrendered and that staying honest, having dignity and carrying yourself with a stellar integrity. Whatever the job, you were always accessible, Officer Cook, present and accountable. Bravery and courage speak as boldly and as loudly as does commitment and character. Dade County and its residents can always fondly recall the times you were there to aid and to save lives. Those who remember a humble and congenial young man, cherish those moments. It is when times get rough, the heroes and heroines emerge to answer those calls of duty. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. A hero in legacy. A man of conviction. An angel of God patrolling and watching over his family, friends and colleagues who shared times of trouble and joy. That joy has been absent and greatly missed and yet all your missions in life and during your career were well achieved.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 4, 2016

Police work is never easy as it always presents it a challenge to the most skilled and sophisticated men and women of heroic capacity. When our loved ones and friends place themselves in jeopardy to save us how much more can we be thankful? Placing your community ahead of your own priorities and agenda, Officer Cook, was the only way to make an impact and that was felt from day one of your professional career. With your eyes and ears attuned to the needs of Dade County and for the ideas of peace and prosperity to continue its march on, your humbleness, your honesty, dignity, integrity and devotion were put to a major test. For the love of God, for the everlasting faithfulness, resolve and boldness to act upon a major domestic problem, there you were cherished and revered by all for not letting doubt nor reservation to creep into your thought process. Just fair and simple actions of heroic proportions that have carried over today and kept the chains of enhancement from breaking apart. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero, shielding us from harm, you now walk that fine line in God's enchanted shelter up above. Nothing will ever hurt you again, your beautiful spirit flies free unencumbered from misery, pain and the anguish we feel over your tragic loss, one that has left an indelible impact upon everyone, Officer Cook.this much is clear, your missions were well developed and yet there was more left for you to achieve. Accomplishment comes only to those who take the time to make the supreme effort. Valor and courage is not something acquired overnight, years of practice and preaching are needed for perfection to set in and to rest its glorious wings upon oneself.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 3, 2016

Hung juries cop killers acquitted by juries blinded by the truth of overwhelming evidence, testimony gone awry. Something so horrible, so callous, so brazen, so heinous and incomprehensible, it leaves one dumbfounded to the point of agony. Your days spent as a police officer, Officer Cook, were the foundations and cornerstones of a happy and hearty life well spent and well placed by humility, dignity and integrity with honesty draped all over your uniform and badge. The young man, a troubled fellow was finally shot and killed by another comrade in arms, Detective Dan Blocker. But it was your heroic act of courage, the strength of your commitment to serve and top protect all citizens of Dade County, Officer cook, keeping alive the unity, liberty and peace that has your colleagues, friends and beloved family members saluting your memory. One man's dream, an entire nation's superior public servant to all. A sure legacy of love and devotion, desire, dedication and sheer determination to perform outstandingly at all times. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero, your unwavering and undying spirit of compassion, the passion to possess leadership capabilities beyond what is required from all men and women serving bravely and to do so in a calming and influencing manner certainly deserves our heartfelt gratitude. You won't ever be forgotten, Officer Cook.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 3, 2016

In school there used to be a test of the Emergency Broadcast System, this was only a test. Police officers along with all brave and honestly loyal servants face tests each day. There is no let up, no slacking off. One must be ready and primed to battle any source of evil. Officer Cook, the humbleness and humility you exemplified each watch can now be measured as a source for others who have succeeded you to follow in your sacred footsteps. Big shoes to fill. To come home safely is important. Each of us must live and function accordingly and you my neighbor, friend and hero demonstrated valiantly why we relied upon your refreshing and calming influence. Dade County being a rather large community relies on the sheer optimisms of its duly sworn men and women. And you, Officer Cook, will be revered and cherished for rising to face evil, a cause you viewed as a responsibility to those who you served and protected with your every ounce of God given might. Rest in peace. What an angel! What a hero to all humanity! A very blessed Godsend!

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 2, 2016

In life we face what seems to be insurmountable challenges, onuses, burdens and tasks too difficult to accomplish. If at least we live a respectful life of honesty, dignity and integrity our ships can float properly, our cars we drive to motor around society and its violence can stay in the right lane correctly and the planes we fly in to view mother nature at her finest of beauties we can enjoy its pleasures. Police officers would love it where no violence crops up, no officer is either injured or taken suddenly from their loved ones in the line of duty. Your were a staunch supporter, Officer Cook, who served the public in a brave manner and let his vision and leadership save the unity and peace of all Dade County residents. You will always be saluted and admired by friends and comrades who too faced these tall tasks. You were fiercely loyal and vigilant and your humble heroic legacy of character and courage in conviction to perform excellently and with a civic pride like no other will never be forgotten. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. One day we pray that wickedness is destroyed and prosperity is celebrated by all.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 2, 2016

Look back and smile. Surely the goodness of one person's deeds shall shine the light of God down on us forevermore. Life and the love and admiration you had, Officer Cook, for the Metro-Dade Police Department of which you were a consummate professional will never vanish. You stood tall and conquered wickedness with a passion and diligence not always seen by others. Drastic situations call for drastic measures, but it was with your humility and compassion that assisted you greatly in and around Dade County. Patrolling those venues is tough enough for an average individual, for a seasoned veteran, Officer Cook, your integrity, honesty and dignity were you loyalest of partners. Thank God for heroes like yourself and some of the truly professional partners you teamed with, especially Officer Keith DiGenova, your friend and mentor. Chief Geoffrey Jacobs, your classmate at Norland High School and police academy classmate, your beloved friend and colleague, Bill Cook, Officer William C. Cook, was treasured and respected by all his peers. His optimism and goodwill have allowed the wheels of peace and unity for all mankind to roll on. Enhancements and education have continued their march because of your courage, strength of character, conviction and compassion. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Your legacy and spirit remain alive and well. God has taken you to His heavenly abode to walk that proverbial beat where no harm will ever come to you. For what you meant to this world, Officer Cook, you were a true Godsend and now an even more angelic hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 1, 2016

Eternity allows us to look and and fondly remember the lives of our loved ones who went about their daily rituals honesty, with dignity and integrity founding their every move. Society and here in Dade County will forever look back at your life and career, Officer Cook, cherish the times you spent with your friends and colleagues who battled evil with you. Nothing is more sacred than life. Worse is when any duly deputized officer strays from good and runs away when violence rears its ugly face. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Faithful and loyal. Devoted and dedicated. Your commitment to excellence and pride, pride you took in wearing your uniform and badge justly, humbly and humanely. Peace and goodwill will keep thriving through your unwavering courage, vision and leadership. One never forgets their lessons in life. Officer Cook, we won't ever forget your heroic actions on May 16, 1979.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 1, 2016