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

The highest compliment is one where ther eis no fanfare. You went about your professional business, Officer Cook. serving and protecting the people of Dade County with honest dignity, integrity and always loyal, true and trustworthy character, commitment and heroic convictions. Our stability and liberty all came about because of you and your unselfish heart and soul of virtue, sanctity and the responsibility you ushered into every patrol, every ounce of energy mustered to create the atmospheres of goodwill, fairness and true justice for mankind. An angel to be humbly saluted as you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 8, 2025

Meant to say your ascension, Officer Cook, may very well have happened if a violent young man did not take you so soon while defending the rights and civility of Dade County residents. A very loyal and humble hero whose dignity, integrity and honor were utilized day after day to protect us and you'll be saluted and solemnly paid homage for a job well done. Missions of true trust and faith bearing unwavering and unselfish results. That afternoon of May 16,1979, you acted as trained and performed your onuses with every solid fiber of vigilance, vision, virtue and angelic versatility that lies where you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero of character, conviction and the loyalty of commitments to excel and create paths and trails of which your legend keeps abounding. A tool for others for other men and women brave and honorable to follow in.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 7, 2025

Yesterday, Officer Cook, I met a gentleman named Irving Heller and for forty-five years he was employed with the Metro-Dade Police Department. He worked his way up the ranks and was the director at some point in his long public service career. You ascension may very well have happened if not for being taken by violence at the evil hands of a wayward man. Dade County was served by a loyal and esteemed man of integrity, honesty, dignity and character all the articles of faithfulness, resourcefulness and trusted and true allegiance. You will always be remembered and saluted for versatility, vision and virtue which surrounded your unselfish heart and soul at every moment. Now and forever your family's beloved guardian angel whose legacy shines as bright as the nighttime stars may you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Paths and trails created by a man blessed with proper values, morals and ideals. He was the highest Jewish officer in your department and his son, Randy worked there as well rising through thr ranks.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 7, 2025

Women and men of character, honored commitment and convictions all require salutes of virtue, heroic dignity and integrity. You cannot have professional public servants patrolling the streets for chaos and mayhem who are not themselves civil minded individuals as you always were, Officer Cook. Shielding Dade County from harm while exposing yourself to the very samething we hope never robs us of peace, liberty and the freedom of which to pursue lives of purpose and practicality. You are to be remembered and saluted for being an unselfish and nobly cherished gentleman of true allegiance, faith and the ideals of a man with sense and intuition now and forever angelic. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero knowing God watches over your sweet and precious heart, soul and spirit of which legends are humbly created from. You gave a sacrifice that will remain esteemed and loyal forevermore.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 6, 2025

We pay tolls to drive on certain roads. Police toil, exert and spend every ounce of heroic dignity, honesty and integrity to safely secure our very homes where our freedoms and purposes lie. You paid the ultimate price, Officer Cook, in order for Dade County and its citizens to live peacefully, fruitfully and constructively. No doubt your legendary and proud name shall be remembered and nobily saluted for having the resourcefulness, faithfulness and always present ferocity to conquer evil and violence where no other person would dare go. A gentleman with unselfish trust and truth making their solemn patrols around the boundaries of a community you called home and where you forever rest in angelic peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Character, commitment and conviction are both wisdom and virtues heroes of intelligence, ingenuity and intuition. Cherished and surely saluted for such humbly blessed and sacred journeys undertaken to make mankind prosperous once again.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 5, 2025

Dade County was served by a loyal, noble and most humble hero of blessing and faithfulness in yourself, Officer Cook. A young man passionate yet compassionate when the situation called for such character, commitment and conviction all truly sincere and trustworthy beyond reproach. Never forgotten, you represented what every public and professional servant must have and that is honesty, humility from an unselfish and unrelenting heart and soul, your spirit now and forever angelically walking its solemn beat above must be remembered and saluted for its virtue, sacred missions of goodwill and esteem put forward as your family keeps your legacy shining brightly every moment of their lives. Our pursuits, passions and purposes were started by men and women all heroes and heroines of effort and resiliency and shall remain honored for sacrifice, bravery and service. Peace and stability all gently placed down here on this earth to continue positively ahead. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Respect and diligence was always found on your humane uniform and badge of versatility.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 5, 2025

Police work requires that very exact touch of tenacity, honesty and the dignity that is behind the supportive wings of integrity and humbly blessed and heroic character. That you surely possessed, Officer Cook, your whole young life and promising professional career patrollingthe streets and corners of Dade County. A true legend of a gentleman born with exactly every decent trait of commitment and conviction. You did all you could that very fateful day of May 16, 1979 actingas you were trained to do performing as a real hero and endeavoring to stop a very wayward and disrespectful man from harming you and your colleagues along with the residents of whom you undertook a sacred oath to serve and protect their stability, freedom and purposes of living happily. That was robbed sadly from you and you'll be saluted for virtue, valor and for carrying out dangerous tasks. Now and for eternity an angel in heaven watching over your family and comrades. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. You paved paths of unselfish and unwavering perseverance and compassion demonstrated at every turn.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 3, 2025

Esteem and loyalty make up heroism in a man of faithful duty and principle as you solemnly served Dade County, Officer Cook and strived to make peace betweenmankind. Sincerely dignified and full of honest integrity the angel in your unselfish heart, soul and spirit rests in peace with you my neighbor, friend and hero. Virtue, sacred truth and trustworthiness always supplying their compassion, support and comfort in times of trouble and duress.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 3, 2025

Officer Cook, your honorable and heroic pride was out on patrol in Dade County every moment you donned your uniform and badge of bravery, integrity and dignity. From your character, commitment and conviction all true and clearly trustworthy your family could see you accomplished much during your short career and life tragically cutdown by wanton and heinous evil. You keep resting in peace as their angel my neighbor, friend and hero. Virtue, vision and wisdom were all above loyalty and cherished esteem as you made the ultimate sacrifice for our peace and purposes of which we could fulfill. They were yours as well and retirement should have been allowed for such a beautiful young man a gifted and enhancing public servant of true trustworthiness and a blessed and heroic heart and soul.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 2, 2025

True heroes are those public servants who demonstrate and display the proper ethics, class, decency and desire to serve and protect their communities as you so faithfully and loyally did, Officer Cook. A man of God, a gentleman of effort, devotion and the dignity of having integrity so full of humility, heart and soul. Unselfish and unyielding in all your duties of virtue and sacred character, commitment and conviction put forth during your earthly journeys. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero, so cherished and precious. Your family misses you very much as you were a very special human being, a man blessed with awareness, acumen and proficient accountability.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 2, 2025

A hero until your last breath, Officer Cook, heroically serving Dade County and creating the everlasting bonds of peace through your unselfish honesty, refined character and true commitment while having persevering dignity and integrity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend, angel and hero. Saluted for virtue, valor and vision all sacredly placed during your life and career patrols of your beloved community.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 1, 2025

Stopping adversity before its terribly tragic advances is every agent's special mission of faith, heroism and honesty. The better the character, dignity and integrity usually the better the ourcome. You tried with all your humble and blessed heart and soul to ward off an evil man from hurting and doing heinousness to more of Dade County. A place you were blessed to call home and where your parents raised you, Officer Cook and your big sister, Nancy. The fibers and fabrics of character, morals and values were shared, preached and practiced in a loving and beautiful environment. No doubt today you would be sharing with your beloved Karen, fifty years of a happy marriage supported by God's pillars of loyalty, compassion and cooperation. Seeing you dedicated one quarter of your sacred life and career of virtue protecting us and for brokering our very serenity may your angel wings keep you soaring as you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 30, 2025

Be humble, be blessed but above all be honest, dignified and maintain your character and integrity as they are all an essential part of your sacred earthly missions of faith, desire and pure dedication. You were a very serious minded young man, Officer Cook, determined to find truth and trust within the crevices of the violence and wickedness you searched for every watch here in Dade County where our lives revolved around peace, freedom of movement and stability. A gentleman heroic, loyal and revered by your loving family and mankind who misses you very much. Your life, career and heroic legend do stand humble, they were sincerely loyal and treasured and the angel within your inspiring and unselfish soul, spirit and heart shall never be forgotten and solemnly saluted for virtue, vision and wisdom. Our aspirations have come through your ideals, values and highly refined principles, scruples and morals. You gave your life for peace and for stopping an evil man from doing more harm to your beloved community where you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Respect and commitment, conviction all running down the paths and trails of unwavering perseverance and efficiency.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 30, 2025

A man who stood tall, faithful and heroically proud. You endeavored to stem the tide of terror and violence and patrolled Dade County as all public servants would. You gave your life and career, Officer Cook, for peace, stability and happiness to push forward. A gentleman of class, commitment and character all performing with honesty, dignity and integrity all cherished, loyal and esteemed never to be forgotten. The angel wings in your heart, soul and spirit keep you hovering above as your family proudly carries your legacy onward. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero of truth and trust.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 29, 2025

Nobility is humanity and character mixed with a heroically loyal and esteemed heart and soul. You had these going for you, Officer Cook, always ready, prepared and able to assist your comrades with defending our liberties and in defeating violence and evil once and forevermore. Dade County won't forget you and your family where genuine humbleness, integrity and dignified character were a living and breathing essentiality of your life cherished and most truthfully trustworthy. Virtue of an angel whose legacy still lit forever in God's heavenly plains as you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. You uplifted our peace with your calming and compassionate voice of reason.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 29, 2025

A young man so dedicated and honest who chose a profession though filled with danger and yet Dade County is where you lived, grew up and gave your life for dignity, peace and integrity to keep moving onward and upward, Officer Cook. You shall be saluted and humbly remembered having the loyal and esteemed character, angelic commitment to excellence and convictions all directed down your trails and pathways of trustworthiness. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero of vision, wisdom and storied virtue and courage. Ingenuity, intuition and intelligence beyond your short twenty-five years. Taken sadly way too soon!

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 28, 2025

Health and wealth are obviously two separate things. But honor, integrity and dignity were all located in your heroic heart and unselfish soul of heroism, Officer Cook, as you served the good folks of Dade County with a sense of pride, class, desire and decency to be poignantly saluted and solemnly remembered. Your family and comrades all have paid homage to a truly trustworthy warrior of versatility, virtue and the vehicles of character, commitment and conviction. Never forgotten and always an angel loyal to every endeavor. May you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero of dedication, determination and countless proficiency poured forth to keep peace and stability moving forward. it will always be a tragedy that you could not witness these changes. Surely you'll continue to be blessed for humility and a bright and handsome smile. I see your picture everyday in my bedroom and you were the cream of the class.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 27, 2025

Reverence has to be honored as dignity, integrity and character patrol their areas where acumen, awareness and astuteness have to be seriously functional. Your career and life, Officer Cook, exemplified a gentleman of heart, soul and humanity. For humility and mankind to pursue their dreams, goals and aspirations your being had to be able to handle many roles all dangerous and filled with whatever came with assignments to serve and to protect. Commitment and conviction so true and trustworthy always such a loyal and greatly esteemed angel of bravery, virtue and wisdom. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Vigilance and diligence combining their forces of ferocity to overcome adversity.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 26, 2025

A man just blessed by everything meaningful and inspirational in the words of honesty, dignity and integrity. Those three traits of discipline usually can never let you down nor lead you astray. Officer Cook. you followed the paths and trails of excellent character, conviction and commitment in your solemn service of and to Dade County and its citizens summoning your heralded strength, determination and steadfast dedication to create the proper atmosphere of peace, prosperity and safe havens for mankind which will salute, cherish and forever respect your angelic life and career sacrificed for humanity to remain blessed as you watch over your loved ones from above as you and your sacred journeys rest in peace along with you my neighbor, friend and hero. Unselfish, unwavering and constantly persevering and diligent.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 26, 2025

With a spirit of heroic humility, a heart and soul blessed by nobility, a very stabile and sound home environment, your whole life and public service career, Officer Cook, serving Dade County was just the start. The genesis of hope, reality and the faithful devotion of a gentleman who dressed with respectful character, lived by commitment to excel and one who possessed the truest of convictions, they led your trails and paths of integrity, dignity and honesty where stability and peace belonged. Journeys undertaken with a sense of unselfish compassion all solemnly saluted and remembered for wisdom, vision and virtue combining forces to produce equality for mankind who shall not forget your name and legacy as an angel of your beloved family. Loyal to a tee and cherished beyond words of comfort and salvation. May you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 25, 2025

Heroism, heart and humility belong with one's soul and spirit. Those attributes, Officer Cook, were a vivid part of your professional life and solemn public service career protecting Dade County's folks who have peace and liberty to pursue their lives of purpose and passion. You'll never be forgotten and will be saluted for virtue, courage and sacred versatility which combined with unselfish dignity, integrity and your honored character, commitment and truly trustworthy convictions. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Journeys and missions of fairness, faithfulness and dependability so vital to the causes of peace not evil and violence.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 24, 2025

A heroic young man, a gentleman of humility, heart and a very blessed soul, that was you, Officer Cook, living your life and performing a valuable profession in public service. Serving The citizens of Dade County with honesty, integrity and dignity so loyal, trusted and truly dependable. Where would our stability and freedoms be today if not for what you solemnly accomplished over forty-six years making the ultimate sacrifice of character, commitment and convictions all angelic and forevermore hovering over the entire world and your beloved family as you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero with virtue, vision and wisdom unselfishly doing their due vigilance and diligence every watch. To those taking your watch please be smart, be safe and stay attuned to your environments as you faithfully patrol the very same paths and trails as Officer Cook, Badge#1664 admired and humanely reverent.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 23, 2025

We all have things that set us off. Violence and evil sets the world on fire and good public servants such as yourself, Officer Cook, heroically did your job with loyal, esteemed and blessed integrity, dignity and honesty that was humility within your unselfish heart and soul of true character, commitment and conviction that protected and patrolled Dade County with virtue, reverence and diligence that was all humane and compassionate. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend, angel and hero. Your legacy and wings will keep you soaring above for eternity.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 22, 2025

One salute for heroic virtue, dignity, integrity and honorable character that patrolled Dade County with truly trustworthy respect, diligence and due vigilance. You can not gone wrong when you adhere to principles, morals and values. Officer Cook, you remain beloved by your family, colleagues and friends who knew a loyal, esteemed and treasured servant who protected our very peace and stability and is now and for eternity a truly humble and blessed angel. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Your vision and caring and unselfish convictions and commitments shall be remembered and forever a part of your legacy.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 22, 2025

A blessed man of heart, loyalty and humility all deep within your heroic soul, Officer Cook. You were the servant who made that ultimate sacrifice on behalf of Dade County that gave us peace of mind and a stabilizing freedom to go about our very lives. Character, truth and trust all combining with commitment, dignity and integrity that will keep being saluted and honorably noted as your family's angel in heaven. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 21, 2025

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