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

To embellish is to make more succinct. Your effort, Officer Cook, not only was heroic, it was most honorable and visible as you patrolled the streets of Dade County with a noted and a seasoned passion. All character, all heart and soul putting out flames of evil that were sometimes quite fierce. For being stoic and stellar may God shield your integrity, respectful dignity and also keep your spirit aglow as you walk your heavenly beat. Our very serenity and stability came about through unassuming and unwavering courage and virtue so unique and versatile. The value of a gentleman with refined morals, scruples and ethics is always a needed tool in fighting crime. You'll be saluted forevermore. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 27, 2022

Where relevance meets up with resolve, resiliency and resourcefulness then you know you have accomplished something pretty major. Serving the public trust and welfare is not a matter of routine or fact item. Your ideals, integrity, dignity and humanely humble honor, Officer Cook, took care of matters of safety on behalf of Dade County's citizens. Your family has forever admired, loved and adored you their" Uncle Bo." Your blessed heart, soul and legacy shall always be an integral part of their waking lives as they carry out the lessons and messages you conveyed to the public. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 27, 2022

You dedicate your life and career to conservation, protection and the integrity of life so essential. Dade County was where your life and career was supposed to continue except for one violent man ending your dreams and life, Officer Cook. You are forever an inspiration heroically to your family, comrades and a host of friends. Honesty, dignity and character never departed from your side of serious commitment and truthfully trusted convictions. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Decisions, devotions and virtue all led your paths and trails of sincere and heartwarming justice.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 27, 2022

Fly safe. Travel by train safely. Come and go in peace. God took your sweet soul of humility, honor and heroism back to His castles of dignity, integrity and character. They never departed from true trust and humane allegiance given to Dade County folks, Officer Cook. The men and women you partnered with have all remembered your exemplary exploits doing battle to provide safe havens for all society. Mankind and humanity have been devoid of a devoted man of faith, your versatility never shaken, your virtue as straight as an arrow with loyalty and esteem always at a most righteous plateau. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 26, 2022

Two young men who were one and two years older than you, Officer Cook, are buried near you. They were 17 when they passed. Yet their families as does your loving family carry with pride, honorand heart your heroic legacy forward as they live their lives and pursue their humbly chosen passions and endeavors. Gina, your niece I believe is a paralegal for a law firm doing here role for over twenty years now. The pain, agony and grief were all consuming whenever a man of legitimate dignity, character and integrity has his life snuffed out while defending our very freedoms right here in Dade County. They saluted you and offered words of condolence for a bright young man girded in strength and with a caring soul and heart. Your spirit, Officer Cook, is truth and trust wrapped in Our Creator's palms for eternal safekeeping. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. I'm glad to have received your mother, Julia's warm and humble letter I have cherished and to have met Gina and her brother Justin who delivered his grandmother the letter I wrote to her. You were her beloved son, brother and husband to Karen. Always a hero! Always respect and forever humble!

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 26, 2022

Forty plus years is a long time without you and your family members seeing one another. A lot has changed not only in Dade County's landscape, Karen your beloved widow remarried around thirteen years ago and in March of 2019 your beloved mother, Mrs. Julia Cook, passed at the humble age of one -hundred and three. Surely, Officer Cook, you would have been very sad to have had to bury your mom with your older sister, Nancy. They had to lay you to rest before a proper goodbye. An honorable young man gracing mother nature with his yearning and thriving. Those rudders of resolve, integrity and dignity were finely tuned and nothing was amiss except for an evil man taking your life robbing your family of seeing a happy man with an earthly soul and a humane and war heart of care, concern and consideration. Manners, politeness and neatness all lived as a hero by the good book and taught by your two beloved and dedicated parents may they rest in peace along with you my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 26, 2022

The water flows and so did your passion, courage and unassuming dignity, Officer Cook. Morally fit and a gentleman who upheld his sacred oath to protect and to serve his all for Dade County. Devotion and integrity are locked in to the heart of honesty and yours was amplified to the maximum. Forevermore will you be solemnly and humbly remembered as your family, department's and friends hero. Humbleness poured from your veins of wisdom, vision and your maturity beyond your twenty-five years. God placed you on this earth for a reason, a cause, that was to give mankind some semblance of serenity, hope and goodwill to carry their journeys forward though your life should have been allowed to continue. Our Lord needed your virtual and sweet soul and spirit back in His eternal home to walk your heavenly beat. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 26, 2022

Police are not there to pamper, they are there to protect, preserve and to precisely know where they must go to eliminate evil and its associated wickedness. No one had to drag you along, Officer Cook as if you were walking on eggshells. You understood and took your reverent roles and responsibilities to heart, a most humbly heroic one and a soul of honor, humility and integrity that dignified its presence serving Dade County. A man blessed with fortitude, acumen and the virtue that packed its punches of proficiency and staunch versatility. Character that came through in the clutch aiding your comrades nearly killed that day and the residents whose lives were in your humane hands of esteem and loyalty. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Tireless, unselfish and unwavering is better fit to meet the demands, expectations and challenges at hand than one who lacks respect, faithfulness and any aptitude of resourcefulness.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 26, 2022

Place two feet on the pavement and begin to walk the hallowed grounds of where more than a sensation of stability should occur. You had the keen faculties, Officer Cook, to distribute our dignity, our very humble integrity and honesty so loyally cherished. No one will overlook a gentleman, a young man with the traits and characteristics who made a humble name for himself. Yet there was no boasting only hard work accentuating your true trails of justice. Everything that permeates today throughout our world came about through your due diligence and treasured vigilance. Virtue must never be lessened if problems are to be decreased giving hope, faithfulness and goodwill the solemn opportunity to turn around our very venue. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 25, 2022

Circumstances the directions and pathways of our lives and golden pursuits. You had a passion and followed your dreams and desires to where dedication, devotion and determination would be most appreciated. The folks of your community, Officer Cook, Dade County won't forget your acumen and visibility all highly admired just as your unselfish humility and heart. Where ingenuity and intuition roamed that's precisely where dignity and integrity hunkered down for the battle of their lives. You paid the ultimate sacrifice for your family, friends and department, for this you can be sure it's words of wisdom, vision and maturity mattered in your fights for our very peace of mind and unity for all mankind. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 25, 2022

Right click, left click so long as honesty, integrity and dignity all check the boxes of bravery, boldness and respectful character, stellar commitments to everything that excellence and pride entail. The truth and trust of the citizens you watched over, Officer Cook, was heroism accomplished and your missions on behalf of Dade County were deemed as complete as Our Lord needed your tireless, spirit and effort in His kingdom of warmth and compassion. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 25, 2022

Revered in goodwill, honest hope, goodwill that never divorced your unassuming dignity, character and integrity, a life lived with humbleness all channeled into your dreams of becoming a really top flight public servant. Dade County has not forgotten your ventures of nobility as they filled the columns of ferocity and courage. God has your soul and heart helping to police his streets where perfection will never be trampled upon nor hurt forevermore. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 25, 2022

Terror is like a toppling tree, something that can have devastating consequences. You protected the folks of Dade County, Officer Cook, utilizing honor, good judgment and all the integrity was humbly implanted within your heart and soul. A spirit of dignity that continues making its heavenly revolutions around humanity. Your family is most proud of you yet misses your smile and grace every second. A classy man of character who was bestowed with the humane gifts and talents spelled out in virtue, responsibility and in sanctity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 25, 2022

A smile that broadened our very horizons, while your humbleness bounced from place to place securing the streets where wickedness lurked. Officer Cook, your family, colleagues and the entire world were abundantly blessed by your honorable presence. And no doubt if you alive and well today living a peaceful retirement with Karen. Integrity and respect coupled with heroic dignity that never dodged from violence always fondly and solemnly etched within the hearts of your family and peers from the past. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 24, 2022

Might only makes right when honor, dignity and integrity display their virtual fortitude. Your attitude, tenacity and heart were the characters of charm and esteem, Officer Cook, as they made Dade County safer and more serene. The world has faced many issues, adversity only adds fuel to the fires of evil and your soul and spirit made that distinct impression that humanity has forever cherished. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. A chipper person is more likely to prosper than one who is not as sharp and astute.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 24, 2022

You set a table in the sight of my enemies and surely my cup overflows. Your chalice of charisma, concern and courage, Officer Cook, overflowed and never was more noticeable. Making your way around Dade County was your passion, your chosen profession and danger never should stop a man of God, virtue and honesty. Dignity, integrity and character ran countless laps around those paths of your unassuming tenacity and accountability. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. A great young man who engaged, enriched and uplifted our community in peace and stability that those colleagues now serving are charged with overseeing.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 24, 2022

The albatross of violence still wraps its hands of heinousness and society is still at a loss as to how to get a handle on these major issues. Humanity and mankind have enough problems to conjure already. Your sense and direction, Officer Cook, lead your trails of truth and trust on behalf of all Dade County. Ingenuity and intuition that made integrity, dignity and honesty stand humanely heroic. No one has ever forgotten you, your life and career values all placed within your considerate heart and soul. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. With class, decency and character it's plain to see why you were so admired and revered.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 24, 2022

The vault of honor, humility and honesty is heroically protected day and night by Our King. Our Creator who lead your pursuits and passions in your life and career, Officer Cook, where Dade County strove for a semblance of serenity and normalcy. Your family, comrades and friends have all missed you and your smile. Happiness is one minute the next we don't know. Comprehending why anyone would have wanted to take your life, dignity and integrity away from you when you went to aid your colleagues and the citizens in distress that sad day. Virtue, versatility and your clear vision perceived what needed to be fixed and completed so that life would march forward. Your outstanding character, commitment and the level of your years so finely tuned and always more than a glimmer of everything in truth, trustworthiness and loyalty expended from your tireless and caring gifted heart. Surely unselfish and certainly marvelously worth everything humane and boundless. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 24, 2022

To aspire and to inspire that's unselfish devotion, dedication and sheer determination. You gave Dade County every ounce of effort, energy, heart and soul, Officer Cook, to heroically display peace of mind, hope and welcome goodwill that provided the basis for us being able live happy lives. Character always loyal, esteemed and humble. Commitment honored, prideful and humane. Convictions based upon truth, trust and justice for all humanity. Humility that built the ladders of learning and the lessons from your heroic life and career so valued and endearing. Heaven is being enriched and enhanced by most brave angels whose boldness and accentuation was unrelenting. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 24, 2022

Domestic issues can certainly be thorny in dealing with them. Terror, evil and violence are painful and can leave a gaping hole in a family and police department. it left your family and peers grieving with anger, anguish and terrific sorrow. The burdens they share in carrying forward your heroic legacy, Officer Cook, are humble yet huge. For Dade County and its fine folks witnessed true professionalism, precision, honor and dignity being poured forth along with virtue, truth and heart, the class of your faithful soul as it patrolled the community you called home. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Heaven is the venue of character and where a hero's versatility provides a more important angelic role. Watch the pearly and perfect gates where heroes now seem to unfortunately come far too frequently. They pay the ultimate price and their loved ones must trudge carrying their batons and badges of trust

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 23, 2022

Durable and accommodating, your career and life focused and centered around values, mettle and discipline that was most important if this war over wickedness is to ever cease. How much more punishment does Dade County have to take? You expended passion, heart and humility to get a wayward man to cease and to surrender before things escalated. The sadness, tragedy of a man losing his life of honesty, reverence and the dignity that integrity can demand. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Your meaningful character and true warrior convictions remain loyal, treasured and esteemed.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 23, 2022

A grilled cheese sandwich, fries and an iced tea would have been superb to have broken bread with you, Officer Cook, meeting and greeting an articulate young man who accentuated the character, the truth and trust that Dade County was searching for. An abundance of dignity, integrity and some morally upstanding humility oozed from your blessed and rewarded soul of distinction. For permeating perseverance, proficiency and pride can we utter the words truly blessed and richly humbled. Badge#1664 will forevermore remain important, essential and be saluted for its sincerity, nobility and sanctity in all that you achieved. A legend that stands tall and steady as does the foundations you built by being wise and prudently humble. Virtue, valor and ingenuity that stroked our very sense of imagination. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 23, 2022

True and trustworthy bonds were shared by a genuinely nice young man. You created the bridges and relationships, Officer Cook, that will never depart from Dade County where you preserved and served your earthly missions. Undertakings of honor, integrity and dignity spread far and wide to provide that shade of peace and the shelters of gallantry. Character and commitments all now forevermore angelic as you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. A job finished all too soon with much left behind to humbly admire. Your legacy stands bold and bright. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 23, 2022

Tonight and tomorrow are supposed to be our coldest of days yet your heart, soul and spirit of heroism, Officer Cook, rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero in Our Lord's warmest of palms. For protection and eternal safekeeping never again to be struck down by evil. Violence robs from its victims that sense of feeling safe and Dade County, Officer Cook, was your thoroughfare of tenacity, courage and honest convictions of pride, ideals and values that do matter in our security and serenity. Your unassuming maturity mattered they shared and cared for one another and no citizen was left out in the rain to suffer. Your conduct and behavior were never in question. Humanity has missed your humane smile and pleasantness. Respect and admiration for loyal, esteemed and fierce devotion, desire and determination.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 23, 2022

A tree is as sturdy as its roots. Police officers are expected to be honest, thoughtful and most dignified when the integrity of faithfulness and resourcefulness are dispatched to solve and resolve a dispute, conflict, dilemma or circumstance. Dade County had a master of motivation right under their noses and fingertips in you, Officer Cook, a hero who made others proud and a gentleman whose accomplishments went without fanfare. You circled and patrolled your community with countless effort, an abundance of compassion, virtue and vigilance. Integrity, dignity and character that made its branches continue to flourish even after your ultimate sacrifice many decades ago. Crusades, missions and solemn journeys creating that impression and wisdom laid down to make stability and tranquility more than household name. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 23, 2022

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