Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

The Lord is my shepherd; I have all that I need. He lets me rest in green meadows; He leads me beside peaceful streams. He renews my strength. He guides me along right paths, bringing honor to His name. Even when I walk through the darkest valley, I will not be afraid, for You are close beside me. Your rod and your staff protect and comfort me. You prepare a feast for me, in the presence of my enemies. You honor me by anointing my head with oil. My cup overflows with blessings. Surely goodness and unfailing love will pursue me all the days of my life and I will live in the House of the Lord forever. Precisely as you lived your life Officer Cook. Now your eternal cup overflows with God steadily pouring all His goodness into it. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero and help God keep His pastures as green as they are so we can look out and see your soul again.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 21, 2013

The impetus of God's love comes from within Himself, to share with us His life and love. It is a beautiful, eternal gift, held out to us in the hands of love. All we have to do is say "Yes." You answered yes, Officer Cook and the impetus was set in motion to enlightening your pathways through life. With that ever present boyish grin and smile that lights up the oceans at night, how could you not still be with us? You are in spirit as you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 21, 2013

I give you a new command: Love each other. You must love each other as I have loved you. If we want God's good grace to shine upon us, we must act accordingly as you did, Officer Cook. With a calming passion and the ability to transfer this to others as well. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. The Golden Rule shall set you free from transgression if you live by these sacred words daily.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 21, 2013

Lord...give me the gift of faith to be renewed and shared with other each day. Teach me to live this moment only, looking neither to the past with regret, nor the future with apprehension. Let love be my aim and my life a prayer. You taught us all a valuable lesson, Officer Cook. That is to live life for the moment and not to take for granted what may occur tomorrow. Your life will forever be in our hearts, thoughts and prayers forever. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 21, 2013

Open your hearts to the love God instills... God loves you tenderly. What He gives you is not to be kept under lock and key, but to be shared. God gave to us your splendid charm and grace under fire for twenty-five adventurous years. Talented in all your endeavors, the epitome of class exemplified. What more can I say that is echoed throughout your community? Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 21, 2013

Love makes burdens lighter, because you divide them. It makes joys more intense, because you share them. It makes you stronger, so that you can reach out and become involved with life in ways you dared not risk alone. You definitely made us safer Officer Cook. lessened our anxiety about our freedoms. You made family events much more happier with your sense of humor. Your risked your all so we would not have to bear the burden of such responsibility. For this you should rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 21, 2013

In the deepest heart of everyone, God planted a longing for Himself as he is; a God of love. You were taken from us, Officer Cook, to be among God's loyal eternal servants. Your goodness is and will be everlasting in this world. When we see you again someday, this will make us feel as though you never left our side. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 21, 2013

If.. you seek the Lord your God, you will find Him if you look for Him with all your heart and with all your soul. You found God Officer Cook and he now keeps you comfortable for eternity, sheltered safely away from harm. You were His loyal public servant and you have been judged for your good natured heart, the heart that had a hard time saying no to people. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 21, 2013

Which command in God's Law is the most important? The answer is Love the Lord your God with all your passion and prayer and intelligence. This is the most important, the first on any list. But there is a second to set alongside it: Love others as well as you love yourself. These two commands are pegs; everything in God's Law and the Prophets hangs from them. Officer Cook, your life was centered around the "Golden Rule." The world we live in might be less violent if people lives by these simple words. They convey an important message to all people in all professions or walks of life. Police officers who are charged with serving the public interest as you so skillfully did for six years, other officers have at times an issue with keeping up and living by this creed. You didn't and you paid the ultimate price with integrity, honor and dignity personified. You loved everything about life, your wife, your family, your friends and just about anyone who came up to you to start a conversation. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 21, 2013

I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh. Then....they will be my people and I will be their God. It all starts with creation and the story of Adam and Eve. It began Officer Cook, when God created you through your parents and they instilled in you and your sister, Nancy, all the values that would one day take you to new heights. You had to climb perhaps higher than most ordinary people to become a treasured legacy for all time in Dade County. This was to become a police officer. The affirmation, you my neighbor, friend and hero took meant more than words alone. It was through your constant acts of good deeds. The people of Dade County owe you and other Dade County officers who sacrificed their lives for the good of the people this same debt of gratitude. You'll always be in my thoughts and prayers along with your beloved mother, Mrs. Julia Cook. Rest in peace.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 21, 2013

Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life. The wisest of men, Officer Cook, whatever emanated from your lips was like a well gushing full of oil. Your profound abilities coupled with a gifted heart, enabled you to give back to a community that today sorely misses your inspiring leadership, coupled with your undeniable hunger to educate those officers today on what it takes to be a policeman's policeman. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 20, 2013

I think true love is never blind, but rather brings an added light, an inner vision quick to find, the beauties hid from common sight. I don't think Officer Cook, that true love is always blind. As a colleague of yours said, Officer Frank Piloto, Jr. you found yourself a wonderful woman, an inspiration in your life who captured your imagination with her beauty and intelligence. Karen and you shared the happiest of times and we all just wished those moments could have continued. She will never forget you, the love of her life, an excellent and hard working provider. You sacrificed so much for her, your family and all parties concerned. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 20, 2013

Be content with who you are and don't put on airs. God's strong hand is on you; He'll promote you at the right time. Live carefree before God; He is most careful with you. You lived by God's gospel, Officer Cook and it allowed you to alleviate more stress than you probably had in your job. You were one of God's most decorated and officially superior officers in Dade County, who had the best interests in hand when you served the public. Had you still been working as an officer, there was a good chance of you moving up the ranks, because of your valuable talents and keen intuition, along with plenty of common sense. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Your humbleness was going to make you a good leader one day. You did lead one officer, Reserve Officer Scott Lincoln, your partner the day of your tragic passing.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 20, 2013

Always be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other's faults because of your love. The grit and determination you displayed on duty positively allowed you, Officer Cook, to be humble as well as calm in carrying out your assignments. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend an hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 20, 2013

When true love comes, that which is counterfeit will be recognized. For someday it will rain on the picnic, ants will sting, mosquitoes will bite, and you will get indigestion from the potato salad. There will be no stars in your eyes, no sunsets on your horizon. Love will be in black and white with no piped-in music. But you will say "forever," because love is a choice you have made. I'm sure most of your family picnics and outings, Officer Cook, were very enjoyable and pleasant indeed. The music was sweet to your ears and the sunsets most compelling to your eyes. I don't know if you and Karen were ever to Key West, Florida, but down at the southern end, at Mallory Square, they have the greatest sunsets in the United States. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero, and allow us to pop open a cold drink in your memory and toast a beautiful sunset.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 20, 2013

True love is but a humble, lowborn thing....It is a thing to walk with hand in hand, through the everydayness of this workaday world. You walked with God as do all officers, Officer Cook. let us just say that God is your Divine guide who assists you in your daily endeavors and helps make your job a little less stressful than it all ready is. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero, hand in hand with your other comrades who served their profession with distinction and honor as you did.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 20, 2013

When God finds a soul that rests in Him and is not easily moved....to this same soul He gives the joy of His presence. God brought you nourishment and water to drink, Officer Cook, so that your strength would not wane when you served and protected Dade County and its citizens. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero, along with your beloved father, Charles in God's eternal refuge as God provides you with His eternal nourishment that never can be depleted.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 20, 2013

The Lord will work out His plans for my life-for your faithful love, O Lord, endures forever. God laid out your plans Officer Cook, before you were a twinkle in your mother's eye. Those plans were for the most part the best laid plans that brought you to your valued career as a police officer. As you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero, you are resting eternally and waiting patiently for God to reunite your family members when the time will come for you all to be together once again, hugging and holding you ever so firmly. I'm sure they cannot wait. For now, you can watch and help guide their successes in life.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 20, 2013

Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts to Him, for God is our refuge...One thing God has spoken, two things have I heard: that You, O God, are strong and that you, O Lord, are loving. He sure is. You and Karen, Officer Cook, put your trust and faith in Him to do the right thing for you both. He has a way of putting people in ideal circumstances more often than not. When we lost you, we all cried our hearts out, asking the same questions over and over, why did this happen to such a fine and outstanding man of faith, with an ironclad will to do the right thing? WE asks ourselves why good people leave this world and people who are not that upstanding still in it? One answer is that God has plans for us all and when the time is right He discloses them to us. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 20, 2013

I find rest in God; only He can save me. He is my rock and my salvation. He is my defender; I will not be defeated....I will find rest in God; only He gives me hope....My honor and salvation come from god. He is my mighty rock and my protection. I could not put this saying any clearer Officer Cook. You were entrusted with an awesome responsibility for which you excelled and now as you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero, you have an even greater task, and that is to watch over those men and women in law enforcement as they do battle with the evil that still leaves an ugliness in society today.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 20, 2013

Love, you know, seeks to make happy rather than to be happy. There are people who are happy go lucky. I would surmise you were a happy person, Officer Cook. You were healthy along with Karen and you both recognized your goals and the values that would lead you both onward in your successful careers. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 20, 2013

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. These three important traits helped sustain both your marriage to Karen, Officer Cook and your blossoming career. Even in times of peril, we must all try to have these vital means to be able to live and function in today's modern world. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 20, 2013

True love risks itself-risks not being loved for the ultimate good of the loved one. The risks you undertook, Officer Cook, was to place your life on the line daily to make us feel safer, which you did. You were the beloved son, brother, husband, uncle and great-uncle who is so dearly missed today and everyday. The reward for ultimately risking your life is that now as you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero, you get to be patrolling God's divine streets where future officers train the same way you did and where you watch over them so no harm comes their way.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 20, 2013

Romance is flattering attention. Love is genuine thoughtfulness....Romance is tingling excitement. Love is tenderness, constancy being cherished. We all want to feel cherished and loved. Officer Cook, you were beloved by all people and were cherished in a very special way. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero, I'll always think of your courageousness and stellar character that enhanced your performance above and beyond the call of duty.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 20, 2013

Love is not the tingly sensation you feel when you hold someone's hand for the first time. Love isn't the breath-catching feeling you have when you know someone thinks only of you. True, lasting love comes after struggling together through the hard times, remembering the good times and having faith that God will help you over one more hill together. True love is accepting yourself with all your strengths, weaknesses and accepting the other person in the same way. This is what made you marriage to Karen so wonderful, Officer Cook. You both realized your values in society, being a police officer helping and saving others. Karen was a registered nurse helping and saving lives too. The ideals you both faithfully strived for were met and for the time you were married enjoyed each other's company. She misses you, she finally remarried after being your widow for almost thirty years and so does the rest of your loving family. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 20, 2013