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

Character is courage, charm and charisma all placed in the shells of honesty, integrity and dignity. Your class, desire and steadfast dedication, Officer Cook, displayed always was loyal and esteemed no one can forget a young man whose respect and virtue filtered throughout Dade County even as tensions boiled over. You are to be commended, saluted and paid noble homage for endeavoring to stop such a person with no reverence and truth trying to do harm to authority. You placed your life and career in the lines of fire to serve, save and protect the ingenuity and intuition of why we live and that is to fulfill God's purposes for having created mankind. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 7, 2022

A couple of hours ago I spoke with your friend and partner, Officer Keith DiGenova. He called me because I sent him a birthday card as I looked up his birthday on the internet. We had a very humble 30 minute conversation and yes we remembered you, Officer Cook, as he told me he has visited your grave. Such a tragedy all the way around the community and I told him he was a survivor hero as you will always be a hero for your outstanding and honorable professional conduct that awful day your family, department and the citizens lost you, Officer Cook, a gentleman who enriched his loved ones and community precisely by your tireless and unselfish actions of character and dignity to stop an evil and wayward man. Your friend, Officer DiGenova lives in Ormond Beach, Florida and has never forgotten you. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Your spirit lives on in the hearts of your family as they carry the torch of your legacy. Such a powerful lesson to be applied to life and hope. Goodwill, thoughtfulness and faithfulness distributed among society. It's humanity that misses you and shares in your loss.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 7, 2022

Expending energy and expanding your horizons, You embraced life, Officer Cook, you envisioned a newer Dade County full of vitality and prosperity. With honor and virtue so too did your integrity and dignity carry your trails of trust and truth far down the lines of learning. A man with due diligence and unselfish vigilance providing our semblance of serenity and boldness to be revered and saluted forevermore. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 7, 2022

Your engines, Officer Cook, were powered by unselfish, tireless, unassuming and unwavering passion and charisma. Your smile and charm were classy and priceless and forever cemented your heroic legacy here in Dade County for all you accomplished in twenty-five humble years of righteous service devoted to life and property. Your journeys were directed by Our Lord Himself and He never steered your compasses wrong my neighbor, friend and hero. Possessing character and truth made your mettle, ideals and scruples respected. Never more dignified and full of compassion and humbleness. Rest in peace. So adored and beloved you left this earth way too early, being faithful and devout you accepted your responsibilities willingly and without regret. Badge#1664 was without a doubt loyal and virtuous.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 6, 2022

A proud and solid individual who provided his community of Dade County with every weapon of integrity, honor and dignity so humble just as your heart and soul. The vehicles of your sacred missions, Officer Cook, that remain cherished and so loyal to the calls of duty. Men and women of wisdom understand their onuses and take the bull by the horns of humility and concern. Cornerstones all aid down for a safer and sounder future. You just should have been allowed by Our Maker to live on. Your spirit humanely keeps heaven aglow as you walk your perfect beat. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 6, 2022

X marks the spot where all your best resources of resiliency, resolve and resolution tried to come to fruition, Officer Cook. You put in six years of most solemn and loyal endeavor to see that Dade County would be properly maintained and nothing was going to derail nor sidetrack you from your daily professional affairs. Integrity, dignity and honesty were symbols of justice, trust and truth, the allegiance of your unassuming virtue and undying versatility where your outstanding character has always been saluted for its bravery and boldness never overlooked. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 6, 2022

The birds sing and chirp away. While those who have succeeded you, Officer Cook, heroically try to chip away at this onslaught of wickedness that yearns to destroy our world, this will never occur not with too many honorable and dignified women and men fighting these extremely important and most essential battles. Dade County was where you gave integrity, dignity and trust the gentlest of character and sincere dedication. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Your family misses you and will always admire and carry your spirit forward as God rewards your life and noble career of virtue.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 6, 2022

A life and career fiercely determined, with your humble, heroic and honored devotion, Officer Cook, your heart, soul and dignity made Dade County and its people more peaceful, more secure, more stable and always remembered and saluted for invigorating your community that reveres and greatly admires the acumen, awareness and a truthful character of virtue, commitments to excellence and pride. Trusted convictions, ingenuity and the insightful intuition that allowed you the opportunity to protect and preserve the integrity of life that is seemingly always troubled by a quagmire of callousness these days. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. A good man who enjoyed his youth and sacredly completed his journeys in life all too soon because of one man's sensation for violence. Never again and always fondly honored. Building the bridges and foundations of a safer tomorrow just hoped you could have witnessed all these changes.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 6, 2022

A faithful servant until the end, that evil and heinous afternoon when you gave your life for Dade County, Officer Cook, will forever be remembered for heroism, your humility and honorable heart and soul. They gave dignity and integrity the enriching and enhancing uplift for placing stability and serenity within the walls of your community forevermore to be admired, solemnly cherished and they will remain a vital and wise element of your legacy which represented true character, trust and the reverence of a true warrior devoted and dedicated to his labors of love, loyalty and esteem. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Just so sorry we never met, just a wonderful human being full of hope, goodwill and virtue. Your loving parents raised two honest and loving children. You both grew up to become valued members of society.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 6, 2022

Dade County was lead by you, Officer Cook and many other excellent servants whose dependability was well pronounced. Values and scruples were your vehicles of virtue, heart and diligence that placed an impression so revealing. Your life and career were blessed by acumen and astuteness. If integrity, honesty and dignity could ever more versatile, well your life produced many memories but just too tragic your life of excellence and pride was cut way too short. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero, a salute of solemn proportions for having perseverance and endeavor tucked into your tenacity.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 5, 2022

A young man of charm, candor and character who left his courage forever imbedded upon Dade County streets where you fought the most difficult of battles, Officer Cook. The honor, the dignity and integrity all implanted positive results and forever all your heart and soul so serene and enhancing may Our Master bless and reward your spirit of sanctity and nobility. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 5, 2022

The trails and tracks were covered by your unselfish, unwavering and tireless honor, humility and heart, Officer Cook. Heroism and dignity combining forces to wipe out violence and adversity. A gentleman of integrity whose virtue and versatility were solid and always so enriching. Dade County will not forget badge#1664 worn by you, Officer Cook and forever remembered for stellar and stoic public service. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 5, 2022

Vision and virtue lead wisdom and honor through the forests of ferocity and character. You were a man who focused on a mission of trust, truth and justice. Dade County was where your life and career began, Officer Cook, with hope, goodwill and faith and ended heroically while defending our reverence and serenity. Always saluted nd always esteemed. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 5, 2022

Vision and virtue lead wisdom and honor through the forests of ferocity and character. You were a man who focused on a mission of trust, truth and justice. Dade County was where your life and career began, Officer Cook, with hope, goodwill and faith and ended heroically while defending our reverence and serenity. Always saluted nd always esteemed. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 5, 2022

You gave effort, all heart and heroic soul, Officer Cook, to honorably discharge your professional onuses towards Dade County. No one will forget humility, respect and the dignity placed forth with unselfish integrity to save us and to create a serene environment. We salute a gentleman of character, class and virtue now now eternally patrolling the skies above where angels are uplifted in spirit by Our Maker Himself. So disciplined and devoted to be truthful, trustworthy and most faithful when lives mattered. You'll always be missed, adored and have your legacy carried forward by your esteemed and treasured family members. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 5, 2022

Once, twice and forever a hero. Your good nature, goodwill and humane thoughtfulness, Officer Cook, embraced our world as a humble and much adored public servant who diligently gave Dade County every element of effort, heart and soul to save lives. And yours, my neighbor, friend and hero was character, commitment to excellence and pride and truth and trust all placed here in the name of heaven where God continues watching over your spirit, virtue and valued integrity and dignity that faced evil regularly. Rest in peace.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 4, 2022

Born to be free, you were indeed the apple of your parents' eyes, Officer Cook. So much more to live and accomplish and yet that humble reminder, that Our Lord runs this world. The land we nurture, the earth our goodwill and honor walk, the pavements of freedom all shared by your smile and virtue, the epitome of a man with truth and trust in every piece of integrity, dignity and character. So genuine, so emotional the day all Dade County joined your family, colleagues and friends to say goodbye to a soul of a man. The gems and pearls precisely placed where their affects would be felt. Violence took the handsome man, the charisma of courage, the candor of concern, just a heart and soul of consideration that have forever been saluted and poignantly paid homage. To forget would be a transgression. To remember are the rewards and blessings God has enriched and uplifted your spirit of adventure by. Policing a community is something most don't want to become but you, Officer Cook, were undaunted and unafraid to face peril each moment you went on patrol. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 3, 2022

You hit the bricks each new day, Officer Cook, with an open heart, an unwavering soul and a spirit undying and unselfish, they all gave excellence and humility a new feature of your ferocity. Such honesty, dignity and integrity were born from your life as you matured and grew up to become a man, all class, desire and the dedication to unearth the menaces of wickedness that had Dade County begging for tranquility. Proudly and prudently your career and humble life captured the imagination of a public so destined for harmony. A man of esteem, cherished and always admired for heroic work and saluted for versatility, wisdom and virtue coming together. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 3, 2022

If can persuade someone to function as a good citizen you've conquered one less thing to battle. Evil and violence do not need more fuel added to their already raging fires. You put many out during your tour of six years patrolling the corners of Dade County, Officer Cook. Forever a man revered as a hero of justice, the truth and trust humbly demonstrated their honor. Dignity dug their holes and integrity assisted you in being relied upon as an accountable public servant whose cherished, blessed and rewarded name stands forevermore tall and proud. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 3, 2022

Hunting and photography were some of your humble passions you enjoyed doing outside the realms of police work, Officer Cook. I can see why you applied to the crime scene squad. The dangers on the streets can be difficult to absorb. Though you did your roles with a zest of humility, a gentle smile of integrity and true dignity preserved the lives of Dade County residents. There will never be another legend as you were. God created us each in His own manner and you certainly shaped the landscape of society to be warmly and richly remembered. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 3, 2022

A stroke of fortune saved your fellow officers and the citizens of Dade County that awful day of tragic consequences though you'll forever be a hero to your family, department and the entire police world, Officer Cook. Not only a shiny badge and polished shoes, a truthful heart and soul one whose spirit will continue to fly higher in heaven because of your precision ethics, values and morals all stemming from a proper upbringing. Honest, sincere, dependable and full of integrity, dignity that never lost sight of its missions of faithfulness, hope and goodwill accentuated and perpetual. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. So dearly beloved and truly missed by everyone.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 3, 2022

Your days and youth, Officer Cook, were very well spent pursuing a law enforcement career with Dade County. The appeal and the humble admiration everyone had for you and forever displays to an honorable man, a dignified crusader and a gentleman of integrity, reverence and the truest of character, loyalty and virtue providing us with serenity and that heartfelt measure of unselfishness. You will be saluted for wisdom, passion and a persevering passion and goodwill. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Trust and tenacity teaming up to take down adversity.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 3, 2022

Eternity is the venue reserved for extra special human beings called heroes because they were undaunted in their tireless and unselfish efforts to maintain peace here on earth. You kept your wits and calm about you, Officer Cook, because Dade County relied upon your instincts and intuition. Honor, respect, dignity and integrity were well earned and every ounce of heart and soul putting forth their patrols for our freedom without the slightest doubt, resignation and hesitation. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 2, 2022

You saw it all, Officer Cook, nothing was going to detain nor derail your best endeavors put forth. You had the stoic and sterling honesty, integrity, dignity and everything a good public servant requires to serve and to protect. Dade County was your territory and you performed in an outstanding fashion to secure our stability and peace with undying virtue always to be treasured and saluted fondly. A man's character, truth and trust all greet those men and women who have been sadly sent to heaven to serve their angelic roles. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 2, 2022

Tomorrow, Officer Cook, your heroic friend and colleague, Officer Keith DiGenova turns seventy. Your heart and soul can humbly watch over him and his family, your own loved ones for you my neighbor, friend and hero paid the ultimate price for the security and safety of Dade County's folks. Never overlooked nor forgotten for extra special courage, passion and tireless fortitude, the articles of perpetuating honor, dignity and integrity each looking down the barrels of this evil young man's violence. Sinister and totally without scruples, morals and all the decency, the respect you attained by being loyal and esteemed. Rest in peace.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 2, 2022

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