Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

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

Today, Officer Cook, would have been your 68th birthday and I'm God willing going to visit your grave, pay humble honor to you and salute your heroic dignity, integrity and character for standing tall and proud as you defended Dade County from evil and violence. Forty plus years ago your professional journeys took off and with them came an enormous heart and soul filled with vision, virtue and wisdom never forgotten nor overshaddowed. A devout young man, a gentleman of truth, trust and the fortitude of goodwill, faith and acceptance of God's grace and goodwill. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 30, 2021

You left behind so much care, consideration, concern and courage from your heroic heart and soul, Officer Cook. Dade County was where virtue, valor and versatility all made a difference as well as a supreme sacrifice bestowed upon the wings of humanity. Honor, diligence, integrity and character all written on those tablets of your dignified tenacity all directed right at torment, turmoil and heinousness. You remain cherished, admired and forever loyal to your comrades in arms. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. A legacy validated by its continuing vigilance of all who have succeeded a most trusted public servant all true and all precisely proficient.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 29, 2021

Fire and brimstone were emblazoned upon your heart, badge and uniform of honor, humility, dignity and integrity, Officer Cook. A hero of society appreciated for his protective efforts. You will always be an integral part of Dade County and whatever praise, blessings and rewards you receive they come through an unwavering being that enriched mankind beyond their expectations. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 29, 2021

Police cannot always pull rabbits out of their hats. Miracles do come from moment to moment. You did your best, Officer Cook, to help keep the folks of Dade County vitally safer than ever. A man whose heart and soul implanted goodwill along with your undying honesty, integrity and the wisdom of dignity to be fondly saluted as your spirit watches over your family that carries your legacy close to their humble hearts. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 29, 2021

Blessings reveal humility. Rewards reveal honor,dignity and integrity displayed in the very face of an adversary so massive as terror and evil. You demonstrated complete faith, hope,trust, truth and virtue, Officer Cook, which has forever made you a Dade County hero for generations to come. Our peace, prosperity and safe shelters have all come about because of your tireless, unwavering and unselfish conduct and professional demeanor. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 29, 2021

When violence uncorks its sinister wickedness society had better beware. Your acumen, awareness and astuteness, Officer Cook, helped Dade County and its citizens greatly in your endeavors to put a halt to any evil that was that obstacle to stability and peace. Your family marches forward with your legacy of heroism implanted in their hearts and soul. After all you were a humble man of honor who took full advantage of whatever resources you had at your disposal to distinguish yourself. A brave gentleman with grit, gumption, trust and truth all deep within your badge and uniform of dignity, respect and character that dignified your life that Our Lord now blesses and rewards as a treasured angel. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 29, 2021

Your life and public service career, Officer Cook, were sterling, stellar and most honorably heroic. No doubt Dade County was deeply and admirably protected by a young man filled with decency, class and a heart of gold. Integrity, dignity and character that jumped right out at you whenever someone greeted you. A big old smile on your handsome face the one that humanely leaped right into the fires of danger. We salute your virtue, vigilance and all the goodwill, hope,truth and trust you stood for and worked unselfishly and tirelessly on behalf of serenity and liberty for humanity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 29, 2021

A pause is allowed so long as honorable and heroic public servants stay at their posts of perseverance and preservation. The constant reminder of how everyday should be cherished and never taken for granted. Dade County was passionately protected by you, Officer Cook, their hero, your department's warrior and your family's jewel of justice, valor and ingenuity. Such integrity, dignity and reverence will never be unseen nor overlooked. The lights above shine brightly because of a noteworthy soul such as yourself. Society has your blessed and treasured name forever linking them to our very futures. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Angels are perfect and your career and life conversed morals, character and the discipline of a valued and trusted servant.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 28, 2021

Grief, agony and anguish leave heavy hearts and a stream of tears shed for a loved one gone before his time. Oh how the sands of time fall before we are ready to depart. You were offered such warm and humble respects at your Inspector's funeral, Officer Cook, that Saturday of May 19, 1979 when Dade County, your family and professional colleagues paid their homage saying goodbye to a man complete with the dividends of wholesome dignity, enhanced integrity and honesty befitting a hero. Never overlooked and forevermore saluted solemnly for doing a fantastic job facing peril face to face. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. The cathedral was packed in their respect for a dedicated and doggedly determined gentleman of vision, wisdom, virtue and maturity.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 28, 2021

When fostering healthy relationships it is always a good thing to be decent,loyal and humble. If you maintain honor,integrity and dignity God will bless and strengthen your productive character which of course He has done for you, Officer Cook. A very noble and treasured public servant protecting the streets and homes of Dade County with total heart, soul and the courage of tireless truth, trust and a litany of virtue while being vigilant and versatile in creating that spirit of goodwill so mankind can advance its usefulness. Faithful and unwavering until the last ounce of humility ebbed from your being. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 28, 2021