Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

You were a delight to your parents, sister and family, Officer Cook. Such a sweet young man with a heart of gold, trustworthy character and loyal commitment. With such unwavering dedication, compassion for humanity and an eye for effort and valor how then could things have gone so wrong that sad day? Dade County, your beloved family and department were all plunged into grief mourning you today as nearly forty-three comes since your sacrifice of integrity, honor and dignity we must look back and recall the caliber of a most decent and genuinely wonderful human being whose humble missions were treasured and admired by the entire world. You forever are missed by all and never a moment lost in history. A hero whose constitution was strong and steady. Badge#1664 was respect and congeniality all in a nutshell and now as a heavenly angel may you soar higher and higher as you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. We shift to peace and calm with your grateful spirit overlooking us every second. Keep walking your perfect beat above.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 24, 2022

Police work is dangerous and there is nothing to get around that fact. You cannot sugarcoat the affects it has and even leaves upon those who survive their times of service. For six years of instrumental protection founded in fundamentals, Officer Cook, you kept a keen watch over the residents of Dade County. No mistaking your intellect, intuitive nature and sincere heart and soul poured into your persevering passions to be the best servant who gave his integrity, dignity and character all in trust and in truth to broker the waves of safety and security for your blessed and vibrant community. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Sacred journeys to uplift and to enhance the versatility of life, peace and the virtues of happiness.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 24, 2022

Human emotion is that element so dear and desirable. You cared, were concerned and always polite and considerate, Officer Cook and the questions always still implanted in your family, peers and friends. Why? Why did your life and career cease so soon, too soon with greater work left behind on the humble horizons where accentuation and perpetuity still there to be yearned. You were a leader in Dade County because of your value, vision and scopes of both integrity and dignity facing adversity every moment you patrolled the very roads where peril lurks. Your heroism is to be remembered, shared and boldly saluted for its due vigilance. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 24, 2022

The latitude of everyone's attitude is different. What makes things more complex is the degree of trouble. You were a most dependable and honorable man, Officer Cook, never any problems with personality, your conduct and dignity always casting its excellent character among the cherished citizens of Dade County and where your blessed name and memory forever are the linkage to your heroic legacy. Upstanding and outstanding in the field and on the very streets where you gave your heart, soul and life for harmony and liberty for mankind to carry the flags of your faithful ferocity. A hard working and a most humble man of desire and dedication gently embracing God's wisdom, vision and virtue. Those vehicles drove your career and life and I'm sure they would have slowly moved your kindness and smile up the rungs of greater success. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 24, 2022

To finish what you started unfortunately is not always possible because of the dangers and risks associated with police work and serving the public at large. You always represented and conducted yourself, Officer Cook, with honor, class and heroic humbleness so blessed, cherished and solemnly remembered and saluted. Dade County has its form of tranquility because of your dignified and reverent efforts and efficiency, resilient, resourceful and surely a man loyal and dedicated to preserving and in creating that impression of serenity that lasts forevermore. Now as an angel of boldness, wisdom and virtue may your heart, soul and spirit soar freely in eternity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 24, 2022

Honest and intuitive, a life well lived and a career just heading upward. Your dignity and integrity, Officer Cook, served and protected Dade County with a relentless passion and an unselfish heart and soul now angelically patrolling the skies above. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 24, 2022

A whole life and a professional career uprooted by evil, taken away all too soon. We will never know, Officer Cook, but, you meant the world to your family, department and the entire world. A man whose honesty, dignity and integrity was recognized for its sacred missions of hope, faith and goodwill all spread far and wide here in Dade County where your heroic legacy is the exemplary example of a fundamentally sound human being. Character, conviction and commitment all truth and trust. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 23, 2022

Wisdom opens the gates of happiness and humility where your humane heart and soul resided, Officer Cook. A Dade County hero forevermore honored for bravery and diligence to duty above and beyond the call. Your family, friends and colleagues have never once forgotten you and have remembered a young man gifted in talent and girded with a strong heart. So charismatic and charming, your undying smile surely lit up our world and uplifted your loved ones, spirits. Always treasured, adored and sorely missed. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 23, 2022

A good man with an honorable, heroic and humble heart. Dade County where your vision, valor and versatility was felt throughout, Officer Cook. A gentleman of dignity, integrity and character all truthful, trusted and highly regarded and respected. Commitment to excellence and our very peace and unity all because of your unselfish, tireless and unwavering heart and soul. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 23, 2022

Honest and intuitive, a life well lived and a career just heading upward. Your dignity and integrity, Officer Cook, served and protected Dade County with a relentless passion and an unselfish heart and soul now angelically patrolling the skies above. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 22, 2022

A righteous man with a regal character. A sound understanding of commitment, conviction that led your paths of humility, heart and soul, Officer Cook, throughout Dade County where you lived and preserved life. Our stability and tranquility all came about from your unselfish and tireless endeavors always admired, heroic and loyal to your fellow officers. The years have flown by that swiftly yet you are honored and solemnly saluted for gallantry. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Determination and grit pursued crime. Always appreciated.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 21, 2022

Peace, security and serenity are the world's purposes. And to live and to function within the confines of the law it makes the position more meaningful. Your life and career, Officer Cook, was the epitome of decency, desire and pure heart. A man who lived by principles and values complimented by humane honesty, integrity and dignity always following your trails of truth and trust. We pay homage to you, Officer Cook, for having the savvy to pursue your aspirations and dreams. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 21, 2022

Pride and commitment are diligence and vigilance personified. Dade County and its folks respected your intuition, ingenuity and intelligence, Officer Cook, a wise man with a heart and soul. A gentleman of honor, humbleness and dignity carrying his integrity around the streets where terror lurked. Heaven is where you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero, a man girded by faith, devotion and reliable dedication.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 21, 2022

Dade County was supplemented by your resourcefulness, thoughtfulness and heroic faithfulness, Officer Cook, always sharp and serious. Your honesty, heart and humble character will forever be cherished for our world needs more caring and charismatic men and women such as yourself. Public servants have a very difficult task at hand. We honor, salute and always admire your tenacity. No one has forgotten you. Your family misses you and loves you very much. Angels are heroines and heroes built to stay tough when the demands become greater. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 21, 2022

A man sent from heaven to give his oath of honor to serve and to protect Dade County. Officer Cook, you went by the book of boldness, bravery and dignity. Such upstanding integrity always so loyal and well placed it saved the citizens from more disturbing evil. Such an angel with a heart and soul will forevermore be kept safe from more violence as you patrol the pearly gates. A true man of character, commitment, pride and trusted conviction. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 21, 2022

I get choked up thinking about you when I speak with Officer DiGenova. He too like Officer Edgerton and yourself of course were great men. Heroes who survived barelyon a day never to be forgotten. The wisdom of Dade County is to pay honor and homage to valor, virtue and humility. Humanity, your family and colleagues have all missed you very much, Officer Cook. Gone too soon and taken away, robbed of your rights to live and to thrive in health, peace and prosperity. Badge#1664 will represent awareness, acumen, accountability all accentuated within your beloved and devoted neighborhood. The sacred paths and trails of justice, truth and trust must be resources to be shared and duly given their loyal salutes for your career and life meant everything to your loved ones who have missed your sweet smile all these decades later. Years and time rolls on the marching never halts its perpetual motion. The strength of your heart and soul so treasured as they fortified and embellished as they fortified society's reasons for existence and the pursuits that God has allowed us to see. They should been for you too to witness Our Master had other plans for such a hero of responsibility and resolve. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 20, 2022

We have to support the families who lost their warriors. We must honor their bravery, heart and sacrifice. We shall remember them and never forget the dignity, class and integral character they left on the streets and sidewalks when crossing over into eternity, joining the sacred ranks above where they can keep their spirits attuned to our very lives. The legacies they are left to uphold by the virtues and versatility their beloved angels left for them to accomplish. Dade County, Officer Cook, was your home and most humane abode where you learned your kindness, manners and overall decency. A loyal and a most faithful servant who now walks his perfect beat with Our Lord observing you. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 20, 2022

Enhancement, enrichment and embracement all shining and polished. They uplifted society and mankind from its worst of nightmares. As you protected and patrolled the corridors of Dade County, Officer Cook, your heroism, honor and integrity will forever be what engaged its citizens. A man with a strong heart and a passionate soul all displaying their wares when evil struck us not just that sad day you gave your life, everyday and every moment you were alive you provided a certain zest and zeal, virtue and wisdom all more than your youthful years as at age twenty-five you were still young, brave and highly experienced and most proficient. Never forgotten and always humbly saluted for giving all out endeavor. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 20, 2022

It requires a highly seasoned team of veterans to uplift the spirit of society. Danger and evil cast a spell large at times that needs someone gifted, talented and motivated in skill and humility to erect the foundations for which we live by. Dade County and its people had your sense of direction and dignity, Officer Cook, integrity and versatility driving your vehicles of valor and virtue, a most diligent and deliberate young man giving leadership to other fellow public servants. To lead one must be capable and you were because of your unwavering character and a humble heart of care, concern and consideration. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. A man with a thirst to learn, the pangs of yearning to become a greater instrument that utilized his arsenal of acumen, awareness and astuteness.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 20, 2022

In policing the streets the buck never stops at place and that's it. It is a never ending, a never ceasing battle sometimes a war to maintain control over the sacred paths, trails and roads where your dignity, honesty and integrity, Officer Cook, was totally true and trustworthy. A place in Dade County history is where your revered personality is forever enshrined along with many heroes and heroines who have given their hearts and souls for safety and security to become a valued element of humanity. Mankind greatly appreciated your sincerest of efforts and all done and completed way too soon even with being relentless and unselfish, the pride, virtue and passion poured into your desired profession shall not be overlooked. Dignity, integrity and honor being solemnly saluted for their essential roles of onus and wisdom. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 20, 2022

To rejuvenate and to dedicate your honorable and heroic resources of faith, hope and goodwill coupled with integrity and dignity, character so loyal and esteemed, it said all of what your life and career were for, Officer Cook. To serve, protect and to preserve the very quality of life and property here in Dade County where your cherished and admired heart, soul, spirit and name of wisdom, virtue and courage are forevermore remembered and nobly saluted. You acquitted yourself in an outstanding manner every second and paid the dearest of prices for your family's peace, our tranquility and upholding the truth and trust your department placed upon your boldest of commitments. Heaven is where you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero along with your beloved parents who loved and adored their darling and most humbly blessed son.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 20, 2022

As May will soon be upon us it is incumbent on us and Dade County to remember your life and career of honor, dignity, integrity and heroic sacrifice, Officer Cook. A flag of a fallen officer and Old Glory will remind us of you. It's symbolic of a man fortified and dignified who stood for trust, truth and justice for all seeing us through here in Dade County and being able to maintain some balance of harmony and liberty. The fact that your heart and soul were taken with your spirit always keeping heaven aglow no one forgets you and your legacy is enriched and strengthened by heroism and a smile so simple yet forever missed today and everyday. The foundations and their cornerstones were laid down by a prince of unwavering perseverance and admiration you had for humanity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 19, 2022

We pray and give thanks to the Lord for his blessings and inspiration this Passover and Easter holiday season. Your family prays and probably ponders why you were taken from them suddenly as you should be celebrating the happiness that life has to offer. Heaven gives rewards to its faithfully devoted of angels, heroes and heroines who like you, Officer Cook, made a heroic effort to stop a wayward man from breaking the will power and goodwill of Dade County on May 16, 1979. You performed in an outstanding fashion demonstrating wisdom, acumen and the durability of being vigilant. We will never forget your earthly missions and journeys were trust and truth combined to shine brightly. You understood your roles and relied upon your tireless integrity and undying dignity to face the evil that casts its wickedness upon us. We salute and paid honor to your sacrifice. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 19, 2022

Diligence demands vigilance and dignity demands honesty, hope and integrity joining in to make society more tranquil and prosperous than ever before. Dade County along with badge#1664, yours, Officer Cook, made that succinct difference in how we lived our lives. The days, weeks and hours pass as do the years yet your ultimate sacrifice stays implanted within the minds, hearts and souls of your family and comrades who shared the onuses working with you. A fellow officer, a brother to them who built ingenuity and intuition into your daily log of learning the ropes and leading them through peril. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. True character requires toughness, fairness and being firm when circumstances call for them.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 19, 2022

The world seems to shake constantly from violence and at times there seems to be no hope of anything letting up. Your sincere heart and soul, Officer Cook, were the heroic partners that intensified to eliminate this from occurring and for us having some semblance of security and serenity blanketing Dade County. A gentleman steeped in morals, faithfully devout and always lending a genuine hand to assist us through the toughest moments. Dignity, respect and integrity were all lined up to face sure trouble that tragic afternoon and your versatility and sacred virtue are resting in peace with you my neighbor, friend and hero. You accepted responsibility freely and without regret and never anything but true conviction one-hundred percent of the time.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 19, 2022