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

A life to be remembered, celebrated and solemnly saluted for unassuming bravery, heroism and the accountability of a loyal soldier. That you forever will be, Officer Cook, my neighbor, friend and hero. Dade County was certainly surrounded by an arsenal of your tireless heart and unselfish soul now a part of your eternal spirit hovering over your family, comrades and friends. Serenity with a smile that touched the warmness of mankind's humility. Such a strong volume of commitment to excellence and the pride in recognizing a life well lived and a profession well achieved. If only God had allowed you to live out your days to see retirement and all the changes that have occurred since your sacrifice. Rest in peace.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 8, 2021

Callousness and cruelty are hard to conquer at times. Police officials have their hands full of adversity trying to stifle evil and when the going gets tough the rugged, resourceful and resolute get set for a battle on their hands. You delivered upon your sacred and solemn words of virtue, dignity and integrity, Officer Cook, heroically making the citizens of Dade County safer in the process. You plan and train, God turns His energy, heart of mercy and compassion into humility, heart and character revealed. We salute you, Officer Cook, for your instrumental intellect, intuition and ingenuity all the beacons of hope, goodwill and faithfulness. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 8, 2021

We search for meaning. We scan for liberty. We plan and try to deliberate what is deemed right and continue laboring for some semblance of fairness and justice for all humanity. The battles rage on and you, Officer Cook, forever are a hero of sincerity, honesty and the total fields of ferocity, integrity and dignity embracing society. For having a heart and soul of valor may God bless your name and reward your angelic smile for coming to rescue us and your colleagues not just on May 16,1979 , but everyday. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 7, 2021

A life lived with modesty and was always molded from honor, decency, desire and dedication so sure that you, Officer Cook, made Dade County and its residents more secure and safer. Shelters, havens and homes all protected and preserved in quality, diligence and humanely sacred virtue. The ceiling was high and your accomplishment will not be waved aside. A grateful nation,community and your loved ones has pressed onward with your legacy of heroic actions, faithfulness and the pure resourcefulness that came from being devoted to duty. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 7, 2021

Your cabinet was full of honesty, humility and the very designs of virtue, civility and sacred trails where loyalty and effort met up with your energetic integrity, determined dignity and such refined and excellent character, commitment and conviction. No one expected your life and career to come to such an ignominious end because of one lowly man lacking anything similar to your traits, Officer Cook. Dade County and a gentleman, a hero of your family, peers and close who look up at the skies and see a glowing spirit. Such a smile that is sincerely missed and no one could ever doubt your personality so refreshingly humble. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 7, 2021

The streets you patrolled and walked through, Officer Cook, were God's gifts of humble honor bestowed well within your heart, spirit and soul. As you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero it will always be remembered that you were first rate,top notch and first class in every scope of integrity,intuition,dignity and respect. Character that provided the beacons of serenity and security to your neighborhood forever to treasure. Badge#1664 was donned and worn with commitment, conviction and a willing trust that built foundations for a safer tomorrow. Your heart and soul functioned as one and now your angelic spirit encircles our very globe,the galaxies where you gallantry roamed.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 7, 2021

Your beloved family, Officer Cook, can take solace and savor your life and career cut from the fibers of everything honest in fortitude, attitude and the trust and truth that followed your trails of dignity, integrity and heroic humility. A strong heart and a brave soul pitted against the likes of violence and all you did is more than anyone could ever do. You saved, spared and protected Dade County, your community with sheer vigilance, due diligence and characteristic versatility that was second to none. There was no clowning around. There was no leveling off in performance. You could always be trusted for truthful paths of perseverance all completed with acumen, vision and resolve. Our Maker took a beautiful angel with Him back to heaven to continue an eternal journey of hope, faith, goodwill and perfection guarding the pearly gates. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 7, 2021

The versatility of your tenacity must be primed, prepared and aimed at extreme evil in order to eradicate it from our midst. Your mind, heart and soul, Officer Cook, were all filled with loyalty, esteem and humbly heroic virtue which created a more peaceful environment here in Dade County. A man whose missions were accompanied by dignity, integrity and the atmosphere of very reverent and unassumingly tireless and unselfish character that made a solemn impression never to be forgotten. You are to be saluted for pride, excellence and the basic fabrics and principles that morals bring to a job so demanding and perilous. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 7, 2021

Such a wonderful young man polite,courteous and well mannered. Nothing can bring you back here as Our Master has your heart,soul and spirit tucked away in heaven for safekeeping. You guarded the doors and homes of Dade County so well and were surely devoted, determined and dedicated to making peace and freedom an everlasting element of our world. So much honesty, integrity and dignity working their humility around the town and now because of an evil man that was all robbed from you, Officer Cook, your loved ones and friends to fondly,solemnly remember and not forget. The gift of life is sometimes fragile and can never be taken for granted. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 6, 2021

We cherish, honor and forever remember and salute the gallantry of our beloved family members when they pass from our world. Always, Officer Cook,you'll be honored for being a hero of Dade County who labored, toiled and gave your life for our very tranquility. Our inspirations all coming through the gates and bridges of your solemn and loyal aspirations. It is and what was the remedy for what was ailing our community back then. Forty-two years later things are still not the same and yet hope, goodwill and virtue was given by you and your tireless heart and most esteemed soul not to be shelved and overlooked. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 6, 2021

Clear and just, truth and trust lie within every person's heart. It is up to that human being to make the right call, to function with honesty and never to have an absence of either dignity and integrity following them on their trails of justice. Dade County, your peers and family, Officer Cook, had a very wise and heroic man channeling his energy and compassion dutifully around the roads searching for a balance, a semblance and a breath of serenity and safe shelters. Mankind has missed you my neighbor, friend and hero. Resourcefulness and devotion all wrapped in a sweet and sincere smile. Rest in peace.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 6, 2021

There are no curtain calls for being gallant. The homage paid to you, Officer Cook, was that forever lasting reminder of how dangerous the streets you patrolled here in Dade County were and you never took your heart,eyes and soul away from those whom you faithfully served and protected. Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. Integrity, humility, reverence and dignity are God's sacred presents to all whoever wear a crisp uniform and dona shiny badge of boldness, virtue and quick second decision making. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 6, 2021

Soup is good food. Integrity,dignity and honor are excellent partners when applied justly to each issue and circumstance that confronts the finest of hearts and heroic souls. Yours, Officer Cook, were packed with precise endeavor, wisdom that Dade County citizens cherished in their journeys of good health,peace and prosperity. The missions your loved ones carry on with as your heroic legacy gains more humbleness, esteem and unselfish admiration every moment. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 6, 2021

A constant of your life and public service career was honesty, humility and a brave and noble heart and soul of virtue. They never were more passionate and present each and everyday and in particular on May 16,1979 when Dade County needed your finest resources the most.A young man, a gentleman, a distinguished human being who society has not forsaken nor forgotten. Character and desire touching the spirits of all and will forever be saluted and remembered for effort and reliable accountability. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 6, 2021

Always a man who did more than asked. With a soft voice of reason, passion and purpose, Officer Cook, you strove for better days and months. The years have rolled on by quicker than a blink of the eye and Dade County has always given badge#1664 its honor, dignity and integrity they were all loyal, esteemed and treasured and your family has forever missed your smile and most congenial personality, endearing and enhancing. Mankind has its moments your family my neighbor, friend and hero humbly carries the baton of your heroic legacy as you rest in peace. Angels of humbleness soaring higher every second.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 5, 2021

Loose cannons cannot accomplish. Truth of the matter is that those women and men who are dedicated, devoted and most resourceful have a better than average chance of reassuring the public in times of crisis. Dade County was your ground, Officer Cook, where your heroic name came through in the clutch. Excellence in dignity,humility and integrity from a soul and caring heart of gold. We don't overlook nor forget passion and perseverance. Rest in peace my neighbor,friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 5, 2021

Luck is good fortune. Better to be skillful and loyal,cherished and maintain goodwill, Officer Cook. Your sense of fairness, trust and virtue were all part of your package of versatility, integrity and the wisdom of dignity protecting the residents of Dade County as you affixed your awareness, acumen and astounding character to your professional roles and onuses. generations from now will fondly remember you and the badge of intuition you wore. The uniform proudly held your morals, scruples and values from within your heart.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 5, 2021

Stay in shape, stay careful and attuned and please stay honest, focused and dignified. You surely can be proud as your parents were watching over you, Officer Cook,from above. So humble,instrumental and fundamentally sound and secure the manner for which you provided Dade County with blessings, serenity and wholesome respect because of the truth you had and trust you gained through competence and experience. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 5, 2021

The cream of the crop rises to the top. The standards and whatever honor, dignity and integrity must be possessed to continue these humane battles against terror and tyranny. You were a loyal soldier, Officer Cook,heroic, bold and you always went above and beyond because of your unselfish heart,soul,character and reverent virtue never to be forgotten. Cornerstones built and foundations forever laid out for others to attempt to succeed in. This fight is not over quite yet with your soul watching from heaven perhaps mankind will someday flourish in prosperity and tranquility. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 5, 2021

You shook and shook until evil was uprooted, Officer Cook. You were a savior,warrior and a hero for the entire world, your family department and all Dade County. Civilization will forever recall your loyalty, humble heart, heroic soul so endearing and engaging. A gentleman who had trust and truth running with him on all his trials and trails of virtue, vigilance and the due diligence that comes from ingenuity, wisdom and vision. We salute you as you remain a precious human being with a spirit eternally angelic, Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 5, 2021

A beginning and an ending, just the ending should not have taken place just yet as you had more on your horizons, Officer Cook, to accomplish. Heroism is a word sometimes thrown about loosely. It's living a life and performing a career with loyalty, character, respect and esteem that has endeared you all these decades later to the people of Dade County. A mature individual understands their roles and answers accordingly. Violence is a menace to goodwill, hope and to mother nature that needs to be eliminated if peace, unity and tranquility are going to make strides. You gave your life my neighbor,friend and hero, you put your heart,soul and spirit in virtue's eyes and ears and Our Creator listened. He had to call you back to His eternal house to serve a much different role where its versatility and angelic manner would maintain the perfection only the world after knows. Rest in peace.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 4, 2021

Parents help to not only give birth to us, that is our dearly beloved mothers, but our fathers also share in the onus as they help to guide, shape and mold our very thought process. The environment is just the genesis. The egg and the yoke are the central parts and the components of honesty,dignity and integrity are truthful and trustworthy character, a conviction where ingenuity is spot on. A commitment to excellence and to pride must be ushered in above all else. Dade County has a true warrior, a wonderful soul with a charismatic heart in you, Officer Cook. Forevermore a hero who had a spotless reputation and had his dreams and aspirations lined up and ready to patrol. The serenity, security and safe havens were brought about through virtue, vigilance, versatility and the volumes of yearning to become the very best public servant who chartered a newer course for all humanity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 4, 2021

You can attempt to replicate goodwill, hope and whatever elements may make this society better served. But, if all the prepping and planning goes awry problems, dilemmas and issues will continue to surface and leave an abysmal mark. The streets, roads and corners are the targets and only a young man with sterling, stellar and staunch wisdom,vision and maturity, your entire package of perseverance and persistence paid off, Officer Cook. The springboards to success against adversity came down to your refined honor, comprehensive dignity and due diligence and integrity that was deeply integrated within the confines of your fine character and heart, soul and spirit of virtue always missed but solemnly saluted. Badge#1664 had a mission to keep and to observe it conducted its responsibilities for one quarter of your life and tragically God called His hero now an angel home to rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 4, 2021

A standard that is a tough order for most to accomplish. Its acquisition must somehow be created through the bonds of boldness and reason. Your honesty, dignity and integrity, Officer Cook, never lacked any morsel of truth and trustworthiness. For this Dade County is grateful to you, your family and department for allowing you the heart, wisdom and virtue to meet these demands and expectations. Character that was not coveted. Commitment humble and believable. Conviction not contrived and surely as the sun rises and sets a good man, a wonderful human being is saluted and honored by mankind for his faithful missions of consequence. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 4, 2021

Your life sacred and humble, your career honorable and heroic, Officer Cook, has been fondly and solemnly remembered, saluted and certainly cherished for fulfilling your journeys and their onuses here in Dade County. Unassuming character, the clarity of precision and the validity of your tireless heart, soul and virtue will forever be revered and admired. Mettle is just one chip of faith,trust and truth, the others are commitment and conviction as Our Lord's heavenly gates of heroism open wide to welcome those fallen warriors of grit, passion and fortitude. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 4, 2021

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