Metro-Dade Police Department, Florida
End of Watch Wednesday, May 16, 1979
Reflections for Police Officer William Coleman Cook
During the courses of our lives whether they are short or lengthy, things happen. Purposes and goals can be achieved. You dreamed and became a certified police officer, Officer Cook, a legend and a heroic mainstay here in Dade County. Forever addressed as a hero of humility, heart and integrity that supported the very cornerstones of your honored and dignified courage. The people and your department recognized the solidity of your hope, faithfulness and goodwill spread out far and wide to protect and to serve the essential needs of your neighborhood. A day never goes by without remembering you, the smile, the charisma, the heart and soul all driven by your professional prowess now forever angelic as they walk a heavenly beat. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 25, 2021
Ready to always pitch in and to lend a helping hand, Dade County, your comrades and family will forever solemnly honored and pay homage to your heroic actions, Officer Cook, not just on May 16, 1979, everyday you were a humane and dignified public servant whose integrity and reverence could be relied upon to carry out your basic onuses. Mankind lives and breathes because of servants who were fearless, tireless and unselfish in their endeavors to relieve society of evil. One man acting alone who caused so much adversity, chaos and turmoil robbing you of your life, career and a wonderful marriage to a beautiful woman in Karen. Not to mention doting on your family members and continuing to honor and check in on your mother's health and welfare. Mr. and Mrs. Cook you raised two lovely and respectful children who you can be forever proud of as you all rest in peace along with you my neighbor, friend and hero. Nancy, you must be the glue now and the strength of your family upholding your brother's legacy and those of your darling parents.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 25, 2021
Your piercing heart and soul, Officer Cook, all heroically sensitive to the needs of Dade County residents. It took every wave, every ounce of your energy and stability to create a sense of awareness arousing some who were slumbering while others realized the essentiality of peace, harmony and freedom in order to perform the will of Our Lord and to be able to pursue our passions with heart, humility and a reason. Never forgotten and always saluted for solemn character, decency, class and the commitments of truth, justice and the trust of humanity which misses you very much as does your family especially this time of the year. The calendar is about to turn to 2022 next week, you'll always remain cherished and loyal to those colleagues who served alongside of you their friend and hero. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 25, 2021
Drive and determination can transport a beloved public servant's life, career and trails of truth and justice far down those roads of resolve and virtue. Your life and career, Officer Cook, all carried out honorably, with humility and heart and heroically with an unselfish soul and spirit shall never be forgotten by the citizens of Dade County. To have watched over your family and community, your cherished peers of character and commitment won't ever overlook your grit, gumption and gallantry for our serenity, safety and security came at a cost, your ultimate sacrifice of trustworthiness that allowed us to march on in our pursuits of health, peace and prosperity. Tonight and tomorrow as your family gathers to share and celebrate Christmas I'm certain they will pause to remember that smile, face and the personality that greeted each one of you. Discipline and devotion patrolled the streets with its due diligence,vigor and versatility all accountable in heaven's humble and blessed name. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 25, 2021
A fire must burn inside those loyal and protective. Your might and humility, Officer Cook, created a promise of perseverance and precision that Dade County lives forever under. Dignity, integrity and reverence facing adversity all the time. Heaven has angels of bravery and boundless energy watching and guarding the gates of boldness and gallantry. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 24, 2021
Firm and fair, faithful and loyal. Your steadfast dedication, Officer Cook, spurred your pursuits of justice along those tracks of your undying tenacity. And for this Dade County could be grateful. The honesty, integrity and dignity just oozed from your bloodstream as you delivered reliance and resolve to situations that became dire. An angel forever encircling your loved ones in the kingdoms above. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 24, 2021
Weakness can't mask strength. But, honor, integrity and dignity all create strong cases of courage, concern and a caring heart which you possessed, Officer Cook and heroics by virtue of your actions that fateful day that shook the epicenter right from under Dade County. For outstanding achievement, tireless character and the commitments so noble and sacred it's the trust and truth all resting in peace along with your soul my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 24, 2021
Everything in a person's life and career is chronicled. It's written down and not overlooked particularly when a hero of justice lays his soul and heart down for his family, friends and community. Dade County will not forget you, Officer Cook and the distinction your badge and uniform represented to the entire nation. Honor, bravery and an abundance of acumen, wisdom and dignity all supporting integrity as it embraced, uplifted and enriched civilization. A man strong in faith with an equally strong heart to carry others through adversity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 24, 2021
We permit those finely tuned and trained human beings who have braved our land by protecting us. Your soul and heart, Officer Cook, has been blessed and rewarded for its labors, an oath undertaken with a sense of hope, goodwill, pride and excellence underscoring your watch over Dade County. No person was left without a sense of direction all because of your tireless spirit and voyages of valor, honor and dignity. Integrity that was essential in your searches for a semblance of silence and harmony. two most important instruments to our success and God leads our travels day after day despite this seemingly unending rise in evil. Violence can ruin lives and it can drive a nail right through our pleasures. Yours were important and no one has forgotten you their hero. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 24, 2021
Drive and determination can transport a beloved public servant's life, career and trails of truth and justice far down those roads of resolve and virtue. Your life and career, Officer Cook, all carried out honorably, with humility and heart and heroically with an unselfish soul and spirit shall never be forgotten by the citizens of Dade County. To have watched over your family and community, your cherished peers of character and commitment won't ever overlook your grit, gumption and gallantry for our serenity, safety and security came at a cost, your ultimate sacrifice of trustworthiness that allowed us to march on in our pursuits of health, peace and prosperity. Tonight and tomorrow as your family gathers to share and celebrate Christmas I'm certain they will pause to remember that smile, face and the personality that greeted each one of you. Discipline and devotion patrolled the streets with its due diligence,vigor and versatility all accountable in heaven's humble and blessed name. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 24, 2021
An artist dabbles with a canvas. You desired to perform a dangerous job, Officer Cook and with it came perilous assignments. Violence and evil seem to infiltrate a community's stability wrecking havoc with its tranquility. Your earthly challenge accepted willingly and without regret was to create safe trails for its residents and Dade County was never more protected. Reliable, diligent and most deserving of the humility and honors that forevermore come your way after all integrity, character and dignity are supposed to be linked with all who possess morals,mettle, scruples and values. Those core traits now locked away safely in God's kingdom. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 23, 2021
The flags fly briskly with the gentle breezes swaying back and forth. Nothing up nor down about your most reverent character, commitment to excellence and respectful convictions so clear, true and trustworthy. Dade County was not just a pub for you, Officer Cook, it wasn't a marketplace where you just come and go. You did your job solidly, you performed outstandingly and for having the virtue of everything dignified in humility, heart and integrity it's up to those now defending our soil, our esteem and their loyalty must certainly carry sway. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Your family carries your heroic legacy with all their hearts, souls and "Uncle Bo" will forever be treasured and never overlooked especially during these holidays. Christmas in the Cook, Tidwell and Wilkerson Families will be white yet tinged by your profound absense.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 23, 2021
The turf is for everyone to enjoy, to succeed humbly and to mightily capture heaven's imagination. Your wit and wisdom, vision and maturity, Officer Cook, were all heroic, all centered and lazar focused upon your central missions of hope, goodwill and esteem, the loyalty you displayed protecting the people of Dade County. A gallant soul with a heart healthy and genuine in your trails and paths of trust while securing your community. Never forgotten and eternally watched by Our Loving Master. Character and charisma, a smile so golden and distinct what a tragic loss to your family, department and the entire world. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 23, 2021
How you converse, how you dress and how your home environment is are all important in how you can or cannot perform your most sacred and honorable duties toward mankind. Well, you are forever a hero, Officer Cook, blessed with an abundance of dignity, respectful integrity and character which fought those wars over terror and wickedness. Dade County was your watch and under this was a heart and soul girded in strength and stamina. Badge#1664 was representative of an entire region where peace, security and prosperity was supposed to be the yardstick for which humanity could function ably, capably and with responsiblity most trusted and truthful. Never trample upon a most humane and humble hero's tenacity. Heaven will terminate terror, turmoil and torment one day real real soon. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 23, 2021
A submarine usually stays below water when it is being operated. A grand and sterling public servant, their honesty, dignity and integrity must stay above reproach as nothing can be derailed from its missions and journeys of our freedoms and unity. Evil separates us from being able to live austere lives and your years preserving life in Dade County, Officer Cook, will always be heroically noted, remembered and given solemn and humane salutes of humility, heart and valor. Our futures will always remain viable because of integrity and the accountability of having virtue and diligence. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 23, 2021
Boldness, bravery are not bravado. They are the heart, soul and humility of all heroes and heroines who serve, protect and if necessary make that undying ultimate sacrifice as you so solemnly did for Dade County, Officer Cook. One young man unwavering, tireless and unselfish in his endeavors to spread peace, stability and goodwill throughout his beloved community where you'll never be forgotten only fondly remembered and saluted for integrity,fortitude and character which enhanced, uplifted and enriched us forevermore. Heaven's angel now being cradled for eternal safekeeping where trust and truth inspire us together with virtue at wisdom's side. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Meeting you and your wife Karen, Officer Cook, would definitely have been humbleness and faithfulness personified.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 23, 2021
No expense should be spared regarding the perpetuity of a hero.Whether cutting the grass around your stone, planting new sod, repainting signs, replacing them when they are looking worn. Forever Dade County must seek the continuity in upholding your heroic legacy, Officer Cook. You gave the ultimate sacrifice of honesty,integrity and dignity all for a cause, all for a passionate purpose, all for wisdom, vision and clarity never to be forgotten, overlooked or mistaken. Badge#1664 remains cherished and loyal in every way, shape and form as we breathe and as your loving family continues your pursuits. They were left behind sadly, such a gallant young man with truth, trust and a beautiful smile gone way too early. It's up to those who serve and protect the streets today this very instant to display versatility, virtue and vigilance to support the carts of your humble crusades of faithfulness, goodwill and hope. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 22, 2021
Society, humanity and mankind feed off of each other. Their citizens have rights and are allowed to live freely, peacefully and without regret. Dade County is where your heroic legacy began, Officer Cook and it has been brought full circle. A gentleman of courage and honor who never ran away nor waffled when heinousness struck the streets where your career and life tragically ended because of one pitiful and rotten human being without any regard for authority and the general population. But,integrity,trust and character were you living and highly regarded dignity and integrity going head to head with the unsavory likes of evil. Pure and simple. Your heart and soul, Officer Cook, are permanently etched within the walls and signs of your community where salutes and solidarity have come together. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 22, 2021
Prosperity comes to those who merit such consideration. You merit salutes and all the stoic and heroic honors that have come your direction, Officer Cook, for being precise, passionate and most humbly dignified. Dade County could not have had a better man, a solid brother officer participating in the making of tranquility for all mankind. Our verdicts of vision, wisdom and maturity all belonging to you my neighbor, friend and hero. An angel now girded for a most essentially important mission and that is to guard Our Lord's pearly gates with your soul and heart all beloved and unwavering. Rest in peace. Character, commitment and conviction all constructed those fortresses of our very tomorrow just wished that you could have lived on to experience your fruitful journeys.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 22, 2021
Dignity is devotion, intuition, gallantry, never ending pursuits of evil, integrity, tenacity and yearning. all of these and humility from your revered and heroic heart lead your life and career transporting goodwill,peace and stability throughout Dade County. A neighborhood that forever remembers your charm, smile and charisma, Officer Cook. The wars and battles are like the sound of tea brewing and yet those brave and humane who have succeeded you do so with care, caution and concern. Their hearts and souls are being looked after by Our Creator and of course by your spirit, uplifting and most enriching. You embraced the pangs of perseverance hungry to channel more tireless energy and unselfish character, truth and trust into your daily endeavors. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 22, 2021
Faith is supposed to be a wonderfully blessed and most resourcefully cherished healer. Wounds that may never go away. Scars forever implanted within a family's heart and soul. Your family, Officer Cook, lost you their warrior of honesty, integrity and the dignity that had to fight off violence and adversity on behalf of Dade County's residents. You'll be treasured and solemnly remembered and saluted nobly for having the proper character and the trusted and truthful commitments to excellence and pride that a man of scruples must possess. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 22, 2021
Where there is choice there is hope. Where liberty and stability abound there is goodwill. When perseverance is sighted there is humility and honesty. You had a keen eye, Officer Cook, and your heroic trails were paved with dignity, integrity and the virtue of outstanding character. Dade County in a thousand lives could never repay you and its many other heroes who sacrificed their lives in order to make that noteworthy impression. So diligent and yet so polite. Badge#1664 will never be forgotten as its legacy rests in peace with you my neighbor, friend and hero. An angel of God for eternity. Always a difficult time this part of the year with your family celebrating Christmas and New Year's with you and your humble, heart, soul and spirit on their minds. Society surely and sorely misses your smile and presence.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 22, 2021
Decent and full of class. The chalet of your courage, character and humbly heroic commitments, Officer Cook, was surely right at the top. The cream of conviction and concern always demonstrated through your movements all never wasted motions of mettle, morals and honesty. For we know Dade County was certainly guarded and protected to the utmost letter of the law by a man of unshaken humility, a heart big and gentle, a soul dedicated to the tireless battles over evil and adversity. A gentleman so refined and one to be poignantly saluted for everything that you accomplished during your twenty-five years of productive wisdom, enhanced vision and the elements of maturity giving us the greatest level of well being. Safe and secure. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 21, 2021
You were a street person, Officer Cook, always wanting to mingle with the public at large. Your sacred duties, missions and journeys of uplifting honor, enhanced dignity and the effort placed upon integrity will never be forgotten here in your community of Dade County.It's where your adventures and vehicles of versatility, virtue and valor seemed to be lifting off from those launchpads of faith, hope and the goodwill that supported your unwavering and unselfish perseverance. Your voice of reason and sanity spoke its tones of reliance not reluctance. You are to be saluted for having the reverent character, caring principles of commitments to pride, excellence and convictions of trust and truth never loosened one iota. Serenity and security were spread far and wide because of your tireless maturity, wisdom, vision all serving forever as heroic inspirations to mankind and the entire Cook, Tidwell and Wilkerson Families. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 21, 2021
With Badge#1664 Dade County received every single assurance of accountability, dependability, reliability, affordability and the versatility so faithfully implanted in your genes, heart,soul and spirit, Officer Cook, all honor, all warmth greeting the citizens of Dade County whenever you made your professional patrols seeking security, serenity and the freedom we are entitled to live by. Integrity, dignity and character build men and women of esteem,loyalty and hope, it was your goodwill and bond that has forever linked you with the present officers who encircle us fortifying humanity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 21, 2021