Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Love creates a special world for two people. Everything within it is guarded and preserved by commitment, faithfulness and trust. Everything about it is enriched and endeared by kindness, gentleness and care. For all the positive that you stood for, Officer Cook, this is what we should try to give back to officers like you who were brave, bold and willing to sacrifice for the betterment of society. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 3, 2013

Oh, the miraculous energy that flows between two people who care enough...to take risks of... responding with the whole heart. You succeeded in life Officer Cook, because you gave your whole heart and sweat and toil into each day. Every last ounce of your energy existed until your last watch. Never did you ever give your department anything less than outstanding police work. It's hard to combine different character traits in a job so demanding and yet have a high rate of accomplishment as you had. If you were here today, you probably wouldn't believe your eyes in what your observing and reading about officers in the newspapers. Shocking, incredulous! But, you were my neighbor, friend and a hero to all and will never be forgotten. Rest in peace.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 3, 2013

To love other people means to see them as God intended them to be. Your work ethic, Officer Cook, reflects the special image that God created when your mother gave birth to you. You were a very special son to your parents, full of love and compassion. You brought positive zeal and youthful enthusiasm to your position, that nowadays is sorely missing in police officers. The morale of your department was taken a notch higher because of your performance and is reflected by the citations and awards you received for excellent police work. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 3, 2013

When two people love each other deeply and are committed for life, they have usually developed a great volume of understanding between them that would be considered insignificant to anyone else. They share countless private memories unknown to the rest of the world. That is in large measure where their sense of special feeling to one another originates. Your love of your family, Officer Cook, was a special one and when the day came and your married your beloved wife, Karen, the bond the two of you formed was one of character and a very special uniqueness. You shared I'm sure many moments when your affection for her was quite special and personal and the fact that your department had you as one of its own for six years, as dedicated as you were was special and of high quality. Everyone wishes that you were here and you are most certainly missed by myself and your loved ones and friends. Your sacrifice created a very unbreakable bond between yourself and your colleagues and your family that will remain forever as you undying legacy. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 3, 2013

God's training is for right now, not for some mist-shrouded future. His purpose is for this minute..... This moment is the future for which you've been preparing. One cannot prepare for their final day. But, all your training Officer Cook, prepared you for battle against evil. you gave your entire being for us. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 2, 2013

The Lord says, "I will guide you along the best pathway for your life. I will advise you and watch over you..." Unfailing love surrounds those who trust the Lord. So rejoice in the Lord and be glad! We have to carry on and trust in God, Officer Cook, that you would want us to do. Your tragic passing should serve as a motivating factor for us to utilize every moment for doing the right and prudent things you did. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 2, 2013

Now may God Himself, the God of peace, make you pure, belonging only to Him. May your whole self-spirit, soul and body-be kept safe and without fault when Our lord comes. You can trust the One who calls you to do that for you. We trust in God who has looked after your very soul, Officer Cook, all these years as you my neighbor, friend and hero, rest in peace.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 2, 2013

Do not follow foolish stories that disagree with God's truth, but train yourself to serve God. Training your body helps you in some ways, but serving God helps you in every way by bringing you blessings in this life and in the future life, too... Command and teach these things. Do not let anyone treat you as if you are unimportant because you are young. Instead, be an example to the believers with your words, your actions, your love, your faith and your pure life. As pure a life as you surely led and exemplified, Officer Cook, may all the things you accomplished in your life continue to serve as a future inspiration for us all. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 2, 2013

In God's wisdom. He frequently chooses to meet our needs by showing His love toward us through the hands and hearts of others. Your hands and heart, Officer Cook, worked thoroughly as you protected us from evil. Let's hope you can watch over this world and help steer God's hands in keeping us well and safe from evil. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 2, 2013

When you put on a luncheon or a banquet...invite the poor, the crippled, the lame and the blind. Then...God will reward you for inviting those who could not repay you. I'm sure you did this, Officer Cook and made sure to go the extra mile to help the less fortunate. Karen and you probably did this as well and you are reaping the rewards. God knows all our actions and as you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero, He is judging your very dear soul with all His love and compassion for having reached out to others. God is blessing Karen and gave her the strength to carry on after your tragic passing.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 2, 2013

You who have received so much love share it with others. Love others the way that God has loved you, with tenderness. God has both you, Officer Cook and your beloved father, Charles in His loving embrace. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 2, 2013

An instant of pure love is more precious to God... than all other good works together, though it may seem as if nothing were done. The second people gravitated to you, Officer Cook, it was obvious they would take a liking to you and same by you to them. You were a breath of fresh air that we should have all inhaled. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 2, 2013

I wonder why it is we are not kinder than we are? How much the world needs it. How easily it is done. How instantaneously it acts. How infallibly it is remembered. How abundantly it pays itself back. I really wonder Officer Cook, how we can pay you back for giving your life? God has the answer. It's up to us to figure out how to. He knows the why, we just need to channel our energies in the proper way. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 2, 2013

The greatest thing... a person can do for his or her heavenly father is to be kind to some of His other children. You were kind to everyone and you and Karen would have made great parents because of your compassion. Everyone has a little child in them. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 2, 2013

Lord, help me to spread Your fragrance everywhere I go and may Your radiant light be visible through me. Your freshness and radiance is spread throughout the world, Officer Cook. We just need to be able to challenge ourselves as you so faithfully did everyday. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 2, 2013

So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets. Officer Cook, you lived the golden rule as did Karen, this is what made your lives together so special. I just wished you had more time to be with us. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Keep assisting others in this manner.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 2, 2013

Walk softly. Speak tenderly. Love fervently. You did all three of these Officer Cook and was steadfast in your beliefs. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero and help others to do what you were able to do during your lifetime.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 2, 2013

Let yours be a mind through which God thinks, a heart through which God loves, a voice through which God speaks, a hand through which God helps. All throughout your life this love and all the contributions you made to society and your community, Officer Cook always be spoken about in a most loving and humble way. You brought the best out of others, including your fellow officers. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 2, 2013

Kindness is tenderness, kindness is love... Kindness comes very close to the benevolence of God. Your thoughtfulness Officer Cook, is one of many characteristics that made you that special person. So endearing to all and you are missed very much this day and forever. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 2, 2013

Let everything you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them....Be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God has forgiven you. Officer Cook, you were a gentle soul to all those who knew you and you personified Our Creator's compassion. You were charming and captivating as well and the love you shared will always be there. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 2, 2013

I meant to say in this last reflection, Officer Cook, we hold your spirit in our hearts forever. Rest in peace.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 2, 2013

If there's something you need to say to your loved one, remember to say it lovingly, as if holding his heart in your hands. We heart your spirit, Officer Cook, forever in our hearts. You personified the loving and devoted son, brother, husband, uncle and great-uncle and your love still fills the homes of your dear and cherished family members. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 31, 2013

We desire many things and God offers us only one thing. He can offer us only one thing- Himself. He has nothing else to give. there is nothing else to give. You gave us Officer Cook, a multitude of cherished memories. There was nothing just ordinary about your performance. Again today, I read of an officer who used deadly force and was terminated from the force because he didn't have to. Poor judgment and lack of common sense. Even in dangerous moments common sense must be executed by all law enforcement officers. Caution too, must be taken. You carried out your skills with due diligence. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. We are His creatures who have too give back everything, as God rents this to us during our lifetimes here in this world.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 31, 2013

God will generously provide all you need. then you will always have everything you need and plenty left over to share with others... Yes, you will be enriched in every way so that you can always be generous. As donors in your church and community, Officer Cook, you and Karen were truly blessed to give to help others and now you are reaping your reward for giving back to your community. I would like to someday be able to donate a plaque in your memory or even a building, I can't promise that unlike getting the cemetery to replace the replica if your badge that was taken by someone from your grave. The Officer William C. Cook Community Center in North Miami Beach, Florida would be a great place for socials and for people to hang around shooting hoops or for parties. There is a center in Miami Beach named for Detective Scott R. Rakow who was killed on duty back in 1988. I met his mother, a really nice lady as is your mother. Still wish I could meet her. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 31, 2013

God is every moment totally aware of each one of us. Totally aware in intense concentration and love.... No one passes through any area of life, happy or tragic, without the attention of God with him. That fateful day, May 16, 1979, God's attention was in trying to get you, Officer Cook and your fellow officers successfully beyond a dangerous situation. Five or six minutes of violence was all it took to undo a perfectly ordinary day, but yet how can we call any day just plain old ordinary. It's not. The lives of your family and others were changed irrevocably by an act of a person bent on living out his final minutes in this world. Police work is not just for an ordinary individual to undertake. It is years of thought provoking, mind boggling, hard physical training and the right mental attitude, all of these that you my neighbor, friend and hero were born with. It's just a crying shame that things happened the way they did, God does plan for all of us and an angel like yourself was called to ascend the ladder to God's pearly gates. Rest in peace and keep observing us as we travel through our journeys here, we call life.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 31, 2013