Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

A resourceful man never forgets his humility, nor where his strong holds lie. They were implanted in your heart,soul and mind, Officer Cook, where you carried them for twenty-five years, six spent patrolling Dade County for our welfare and peace of mind. The ingenuity that is in the stability of your honesty, dignity and integrity only enriched,enhanced and uplifted us to where we should be. Serenity and security were vitally essential to our very existences and everything you accomplished was done so with the greatest love and esteem, loyalty to be relied upon and most noted for its virtue and humbleness. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 4, 2021

The drums beating loudly in heaven today are signs and reminders of a life and career so versatile, vigilant and honorable. Yours, Officer Cook, was all heroic, all dignified and all schooled in integrity fought for our very harmony, unity and liberty to be able to pursue our lives the same pattern your family carries out your legacy. With a kind heart and courageous soul you made Dade County a little less subject to terror and wickedness. The lights stay on because of your unwavering, tireless and unselfish spirit. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Journeys and missions of faithfulness, hopefulness and goodwill continue steaming forward as you look down from those golden streets from above.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 4, 2021

You can place curfews in order, just not everyone is on board with the program. Dade County was one-hundred percent in agreement with your policing tactics and methods, Officer Cook, all except one lonely and depraved individual who took your life, career and robbed you of living out your days of retirement with your beloved wife, Karen. Honesty,integrity and dignity were never extinct from your professional acumen, wisdom, virtue and unassuming character. They made you a very special hero, a gentleman geared in maturity who yearned to be forever saluted as the best. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 4, 2021

If you beloved then you are humbly esteemed and admired for doing all that you could to battle adversity and whatever violence invades our very world. You did outstanding, Officer Cook, in all your honored life and solemn public service career preserving and in protecting Dade County. Its residents received first class care, consideration and the kind of dignity, integrity and revered character that still is fondly remembered. Memories of your life still so young and brave remain for your family members to pass down from one generation to another keeping forever enshrined your heroic legacy. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 4, 2021

A worker so unselfish and tireless in all his endeavors, God certainly has placed your resolve, humility and heart right next to Him where honor, dignity and integrity rest humbly along with you, Officer Cook, my neighbor, friend and Dade County hero. Yourconsummate character, trustworthy convictions and prideful commitments will be solemnly saluted forevermore. So beloved and admired. Esteemed and loyal, our tranquility will be a reminder of the perilous tasks you were not fearful of.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 3, 2021

Your dignity, integrity and honesty, Officer Cook, was the perfect antidote for battling crime here in Dade County. A man with thoughtfulness, resourcefulness and faithfulness distributing goodwill, humility and heart throughout your beloved community. A beloved public servant, a human being full of virtue, vitality and the sincerity of serving and protecting lives every day. Character is the picture of commitment and convictions all trustworthy and truthful to a tee. You will never be forgotten and are to be saluted for bravery, accountability and the reliability of one dedicated, devout and man of ingenuity, intuition and intelligence carrying your trails and heroic legacy father down those roads of resolve and resiliency.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 2, 2021

Ghastly just hideous all this evil permeating around our world's corridors nowadays.Makes you shudder with fear and anxiety. The hope, faith and resourcefulness of your goodwill, Officer Cook,made the impression that never leaves us. It's implanted within the hearts and minds of your family and colleagues who went toe to toe with you to stamp out crime. Dade County today is a little less safe because of your absence. Our King's palaces are filled with heroes and heroines who were humble,heroic, honest and loyal to their earthly destinies where dignity, integrity and character rejuvenated your commitments and convictions of virtue, versatility and valor all rest in peace along with you my neighbor,friend and hero. A man of your sacred bond finding your niche where consummation and determination helped make our place better for all human beings.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 2, 2021

Rainbows are pretty neat to gaze at. What's more humble than a cherished man going out on his daily patrols risking his life to make society aglow once more. Dade County saw the light and today decades after you gave your life, Officer Cook, they see so much difference than when you walked and drove around your neighborhood calming and restoring peaceful relationships between mankind. Police work is not rocket science. You don't need a ruler. You require much more from a heart of honor warm and endearing. A soul of humbleness that did its part to enrich and to uplift the downtrodden. Sacred missions all carried out and blessed by Our Creator who has your spirit loyal and humane in His palms for eternal safekeeping. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 2, 2021

Keep the tides of trouble away from our society and maybe sooner rather than later evil will vanish. Easier said than done. Nothing hurts mankind more than a gifted, talented and skilled young man being cut down by callousness and heinousness. Officer Cook, you were confident in your abilities and capably able to offer a solution to a monster that wages its meanness and because of your heroic actions that day you've been remembered for more than just an honest, dignified man of character and integrity. Longevity should have been in your every step as you constructed the essential foundations and cornerstones of respect, duty to your community and the pristine wisdom, maturity and vision to be fondly saluted forevermore. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 2, 2021

Goodness is from politeness. Gratitude and aptitude were your fortitude, Officer Cook. Your ferocity is undying and unselfish leading others through the tunnels of terror, turmoil and torment. Dade County had its moments of unrest and tensions that you made calmer because of your voice of reason and concern. It was found in the chains of courage and honor where diligence and vigilance were supported by integrity, wisdom and dignity. Everything combined to fight and to battle the wickedness that adversity brings into any given community. Yours, my neighbor, friend and hero did not forget you, their hero and your family's. The Cooks, Tidwells and Wilkersons have all continued embellishing upon your stoic legacy sealed within Our Lord's walls of praise,blessing and reward. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 2, 2021

Knowledge is a most humble yet powerful tool of the profession that can lead one tenacious warrior way down the paths of perseverance, humility and dignity. Its found in integrity and honesty's souls of valor where your exploits, Officer Cook, are well known, well admired and comprised of virtue, versatility and the responsibilities carried out to maintain more than a semblance of serenity, safety and security for the folks of Dade County. Your home, your venue, your environment where you learned the most important and very essential lessons of manners, decency and dedication. You are to be saluted for boldness, trust and the truthfulness of your unassuming character and tireless commitments to pride, excellence and yearning to be more proficient. You already were and now heaven has your sweet, beautiful and compassionate soul and spirit soaring higher every moment. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 2, 2021

So determined, dedicated and devoted to your humbly honorable position. Violence should never have ended your life, career and sacred marriage to Karen, Officer Cook. Just a shame and a terrible tragedy your family had to endure. Dade County was made safer and more securer by virtue of your dignity, integrity and wholesome character, solemn commitment and truthfully trusted journeys and their fruitful convictions of hope, faithfulness and goodwill. The citizens, your esteemed colleagues all loyal just as your heart and soul were along with your closest of friends won't forget the hero who saved lives everyday you donned a badge and a uniform symbolizing humility, civility and nobility. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 2, 2021

One bright mind, one strong and beating heart linked to a soul of dedication, decency and determination to upright a community that needed the special care and attention. Dade County received that from you, Officer Cook, their hero and your family's too. You exercised honor, dignity and integrity that embraced and met all the difficult challenges and tests of your extraordinary position. The mountains and hills are tough to climb but with patience and perseverance everything was accomplished and god sadly needed you next to your beloved dad, Charles may he rest in peace along with your mother, Julia and yourself my neighbors, friends and hero. Too soon,too early and so much potential left untapped. Those who have taken your watch must do so with the utmost care. acumen and caution. Evil,violence and terror are diving boards too demanding and sometimes deadly to spring forward off of. Your virtue and ideals leaped out they'll never be tarnished.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 1, 2021

The street sign on NW 75th Street is quite appropriate for a man who served 12 months a year for six years of honor,loyalty, truth and trustworthiness. Officer Cook, ingenuity, intelligence and intuition were a part of your sacred badge and uniform that displayed and demonstrated emotional stability, endeavor, reverence and virtue at every turn you made here in Dade County. Your venue that was your vehicle of responsibility, accountability and the reliability that its people noticed. Anyone still living here and in particular that area where you gave your life should always bear your name, cherished, blessed and rewarded divinely for heart, tenacity and for being fair minded and most practical. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 1, 2021

Your colleagues that very last watch you worked, Officer Cook, still think of you. Their memories are never clouded though your friend and comrade, Officer Keith DiGenova still deals with an array of physical and psychological issues having nearly been killed by the evil man who took your young life robbing your family and Karen of many more years of retirement and happy occasions. To channel your honesty, integrity and dignity into the fortitude that created a lasting bond here in Dade County, well you are forever their hero. The bold and brave risking life to properly put a sealant upon serious trouble. You performed in an outstanding fashion and deserve humble salutes and homage given to a special and wonderful human being. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Officer Edgerton, you should live and enjoy your retirement as your comrade, Officer Cook, is never forgotten. I went yesterday to his grave to visit and to pray for him on what would have been his 68th birthday. A somber and poignant moment.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 1, 2021

The messages are clear, concise and of the highest form of humility. Mankind still suffers from the awful turbulence of evil. It surrounds and engulfs communities just seeking unity, tranguility and the right to protect itself as it makes it journeys of civility. You were a righteous man, Officer Cook, dignified and magnified in integrity and the principles of character and honor. The chain of courage, yours, still links your loved ones and those comrades who served those solemn missions of devotion, faith and trusted allegiance. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Virtue and values build a most versatile and unwavering heart and soul of yearning.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 1, 2021

One who enriches humanity is a humble and blessed human being worth our moments to honor their memory, life and sacrifice as the one you gave, Officer Cook, to put peace and stability back into the bloodstreams and hearts of all Dade County. No simple matter and with all the planning, training and fieldwork those humble tasks remain large. Being diligent requires every tireless effort where energy and trust were poured into your daily labors. Always respected and forevermore admired for courage and consideration, virtue above the norm. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 1, 2021

Humble and gracious, gallant and glad to uphold the rich tradition of law enforcement here in Dade County. Never a shadow of doubt, nor any whisper of hesitation regarding a stellar life and a career of sterling character. Dade County was served with esteem, honesty, loyalty and reverence by a gentleman of dignity, integrity, excellence and know how so sound and endearing. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Commitment, conviction and character build those doors and windows which stay forever open. One angel heroic and humane soaring higher every second.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 1, 2021

One certain thing about you, Officer Cook, was how you lived an honorable life and maintained dignity, integrity and character throughout your public service career protecting the residents of Dade County. A hero of stellar virtue who built bridges and relationships of harmony and safety all because of your unselfish heart and decent soul of values. Versatility and humility belong where sanctity, nobility and civility all stay positioned. Now as an angel in heaven where you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero generations will be upholding your sacred affirmations to justice, truth and trust.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 1, 2021

Good habits last forever. A life of humane, humble and heroic honor is hard to follow for some. Your vitality, visibility and versatility, Officer Cook, all marched in line with unassuming, unwavering and a tireless heart, soul and character that was dignified and full of integrity. Taking onus means accepting your roles where peril may stand in the way willingly and without any reservations did you serve and protect Dade County folks. Ferocity and tenacity like a whip. Sanctity and humility always esteemed, loyal and highly admired. We salute your legacy of acceptance, acumen and the maturity that captured the nation's imagination. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 30, 2021

Culture creates an awe, an awareness of life, its causes, reasons and purposes that make living most worthwhile. Your life, Officer Cook, certainly had real true meaning. Its spirit, heart and soul yearned to learn more, to nourish those hunger pangs in your stomach. Without any semblance of honesty,dignity and integrity hope, faith and goodwill could never travel down those trails of perseverance and loyalty. You gave Dade County and its people something special, virtue, versatility and the durability that were the branches of your esteemed labors. Working, sweating and toiling for truth and trust never a more completely rounded human being. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 30, 2021

A person's birthday is normally supposed to mark a significant life achievement, a milestone of health, peace, prosperity and Our Creator's blessings shining down upon them. God's are forever shining brightly upon your heart,soul and spirit of adventure and virtue, Officer Cook. A real homegrown Dade County hero who placed his trust and honor ahead to preserve the dignity, diligence and humbleness of our very tranquility, unity and freedoms we are to enjoy. You won't be forgotten my neighbor, friend and hero. Rest in peace. At age 68 the world has surely changed since that rotten day back on May 16, 1979 when your gave your sacred soul for something we all desire, decency, peace and blessings of abundance.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 30, 2021

The flowers smell better when watered. A life sprinkled with sunshine and positivity could only make things more tolerable. Your parents may they rest in peace along with darling, heroic and beloved son, Officer Cook, my neighbor, friend and hero whose life and character reflected the mood here in Dade County where your six years of loyalty counted the most. When honor, humility and heart join a soul of ingenuity, integrity and dignity the answer has to be peace and stability were exactly on the horizon. Heaven's perches are pristine and forever marked with heroes of valor. The pillows of mankind who sacrificed their souls for our very existence. Again rest well my dear neighbor, friend and builder of cornerstones of faith, hope and accountability.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 30, 2021

Mayhem and bedlam are far worse than a leaky pipe. The nastiness that it generates can be catastrophic and Dade County was saved and protected by a most beloved man. Your kindness, sincerity and propellers of faith and resourcefulness definitely moved the meters forward, Officer Cook. Always a highly regarded hero whose missions were just, truthful and most trustworthy. Honesty, integrity and dignity each looked wickedness in the eye. Your vigilance, virtue and humble esteem saw to those dangerous tasks and now as a heavenly angel you'll remain cherished as a gentleman of gallantry and ideals that make society better equipped to face its future. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 30, 2021

The grass grows the flower fades but the length of a man's days for being a hero is forever enshrined in eternity. Yes, Officer Cook, your honored life and career stands as the yardstick of yearning, the courage of a wise and desired heart. Dade County was the venue where your perpetual motion of integrity, dignity and respect has been duly noted, saluted and honored for generations to come. You were a consummate public servant whose devotion, dedication and determination were greatly valued, admired and humbly treasured. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. The caretakers were mowing the lawns where you sleep and I just cleared some grass off of your ledger, the slab where the cross with your sacred name lies.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 30, 2021