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

Violence just seers one's heart. Its path of evil denies society of its basic freedoms, liberties and the quality of peace and humility. You graced our world for twenty-five years of wonderful heart and soul, Officer Cook, forever a Dade County hero respected and prideful of his journeys to better mankind's brighter tomorrows. Integrity, dignity and wisdom all from your courage, aptitude and the fortitude to complete your destinies of devotion. determination and dedication. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 8, 2021

Advice given by one of honored and humble distinction is to be followed, learned and carried on forevermore. The citizens of Dade County followed your leadership and instruction, Officer Cook, as best they could to be made safer and more secure. A life lived in humility and with a dignified heart and soul is certainly one to be saluted for its integral character, integrity and purposeful passions. Unwavering, unrelenting and all unselfish. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 8, 2021

Crisp and pristine, grit and gumption gladdening the souls and hearts of all Dade County and all who paid attention to your directions. values, ideas and scruples all matter as they accompanied you, Officer Cook, down those trails of truth and yearning for twenty-five years of productive activity. Violence shook the world and your family the day they sadly lost you but you are never far away from them and neither is virtue, valor and intuition, ingenuity's recipe for success which humbly and heroically came your way. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 7, 2021

A pacifier and a man built on restoring and calming folks with pent up emotions. A savvy man with a smile and an engaging heart, Officer Cook, Dade County will not forget the integrity, honor and dignity of life you saved every watch. Now as you observe from God's perfect perches may your true character, trusted commitments to pride and excellence all be rewarded, revered and blessed in abundance as you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 7, 2021

Terror is torture and pain, suffering and anguish leave families reeling in sorrow. For now they carries the legacies of those they loved and left behind. A great family the Cook's and so much more left for your loved ones to accomplish, Officer Cook. A hero of Dade County, a most decent individual and a more virtuous human being. Suffice it to say, integrity,honesty and dignity embraced the hearts and souls of mankind where you will not be overlooked for unselfish and tireless actions of esteem and loyalty. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 7, 2021

Many still have doubts about receiving a vaccination even though lives of both police and the public can be saved and spared the pain of mourning a loss. Society has enough on its mind and plate to have to deal with already. You deserved to live, Officer Cook, yet Our Creator needed you special soul, spirit and heart of constant devotion, honor and integrity back in heaven to look after others who gave the ultimate sacrifice as you did for the residents of Dade County. A man of model character blessed with wisdom, versatility and virtue to be everything in a diligent and trusted man of mettle, morals and principles. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 7, 2021

Perseverance understood. Proficiency undertaken. Heroism and honor recognized and duly accomplished on behalf of your community. Dade County was most fortunate and blessed to have a truthful and a most trusted warrior by its side convicted by commitment and not restrained by doubt nor wavering. Your outright dignity, integrity and reverence, Officer Cook, brought wickedness to its knees and for this you'll always be solemnly remembered and humanely paid the homage due a public servant who represented virtue, grace and heart. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 7, 2021

The attention violence receives always shifts. Like the winds that blow in from the ocean swift action must be taken to prevent any escalation of more mayhem, bedlam and chaos. There's no need for humanity to be confronted, confused and confounded by more evil than what already exists. You faced danger, peril and whatever needed to be halted here in Dade County, Officer Cook, you acquitted yourself very heroically, honorably and with an enhanced sense of both integrity and dignity. You'll be admired, saluted and greatly blessed and rewarded as your family's angel for sacrificing your life and career of nobility and civility to keep the bands of boldness and virtue unified. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 7, 2021

Loneliness is harmful to the soul and the heart. But, passion is that fever of ferocity that shelters all who lovingly embrace it. Dade County and society embraced you, Officer Cook, a strong and handsome gentleman so valiant and so vigilant. Our travels were made safe by your professional exploits so enriching and endearing. They captured your family's pride and joy forevermore. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Virtue and dependability are angels partnering together to protect us from the skies above.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 6, 2021

The blitz is on and one had better display his or her wares. Their acumen and everything within that badge and uniform had better accentuate and perpetuate a feeling of security. For wickedness only knows its going to be trapped, cornered and captured, it won't prowl the roads threatening our very humble lives. Dade County had you, Officer Cook, humanely honorable, dignified in every way, shape and form, a man whose integrity was greeted daily while out patrolling our corners and never forgotten. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 6, 2021

Durable and full of wholesome desire, so decent and welcoming. Humanity has surely missed you, Officer Cook, forever a Dade County hero and a legend who fortified his endeavors with energy and such embracing gratitude. Tenacity and honesty together building those bridges to a more integral future. Integrity so special and so unyielding, you gave your life in a tireless and unselfish manner. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 6, 2021

Your position, Officer Cook, was one of the utmost importance in not only keeping violence away from the folks of Dade County, it was to remain determined and dignified in all your trails of justice, freedom, hope and goodwill. A gentleman whose warm and rich heart gently just touched the surface of mankind and it's forever a gigantic tragedy that one evil man took your life away from you, your beloved family and esteemed comrades. Character and morals now angelic and walking their eternal beats above. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 6, 2021

Boldness and gallantry belong in the same cart as does humility, heart and enhancement. In your blessed and cherished name, Officer Cook, Dade County stands tall and proud to loyally greet another day it's just that it would have been better with you there to supervise the events. Honesty, integrity and the articulation of dignity all dedicated to serving and preserving the pathways of life. A career and a young life cut way too short but you'll always be fondly remembered and saluted for endeavor, virtue and versatility, a man who was accountable and always credible. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 6, 2021

The furnace of fury is burning and burning, its flames of evil looking to torment and terrorize our world and your eyes and ears, Officer Cook, protected Dade County with a certain heroic honor, dignity and devotion. Your heart and soul of integrity rests in peace my neighbor, friend and hero in the very confines of where all courageous men and women return when their faithfully truthful and trusted journeys conclude. Character, commitment and conviction were never in doubt and you, Officer Cook, demonstrated that sacred nobility which has planted serenity and safety in our midst.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 6, 2021

Police need their rest to carry out high risk assignments that save lives and rid our very streets of violence, evil and terror. You did everything correct and proper that awful day your country, county and family lost you, Officer Cook. A wonderful and wistful soul of a true gentleman, a battler until your last breath. Energy from a heart and soul replete with humble and heroic dignity, integrity and honor all balancing the scales of justice. Truth, ferocity and trustworthiness following every accentuated path of steadfast dedication, determination and grit that left society struggling to cope with after your loss. So much wise advice, a yearning to excel never blocking your patrols of safety and will spoken of. Generations from now will forever embellish, enrich and enhance your most cherished, blessed and rewarded name of loyalty and commitments to achieve. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 5, 2021

Bringing home the bravery, boldness and mettle so very essential to each crimefighter, your career and humbly heroic life, Officer Cook, were pinpointed by precision, proficiency and such undying, unselfish and quite tireless perseverance that permitted Dade County to live as one venue geared in dignity and consumed by integrity's passion. Your level of respect and admiration is carried around heaven's gates that you poignantly patrol as an angel of values, ideals and high ethical standards. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 5, 2021

The trails of trust, truth and reason may not get muddled nor sullied. Violence took a young man still in the prime of his life and career where every vehicle of versatility, humbleness and honesty took your searches for peace, Officer Cook, all around Dade County where the community shared in your family's grief, anguish and sorrow over your loss. Mankind is getting very restless by all this violence and mayhem and hopefully the men and women who have taken over your watch receive the message of urgency to calm and to restore the faith of the people demanding lives of harmony and liberty for all. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 5, 2021

You demonstrated such skill, such heroic honor and everlasting dignity and integrity, Officer Cook, that yesterday today and forevermore will be humanely saluted. Dade County relied upon you for its peace and diligence which always stood its ground against wickedness. Our serenity, hope, freedoms and goodwill all came about because of your compassionate and most concerned heart of gold. Character that was what truth and reverence are about. Virtue and commitment centered upon the eyes and ears of excellence and convictions all clear and frankly productive. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 5, 2021

What you left behind, Officer Cook, is a wonderful legacy of humility, heart and honor for your esteemed family to follow in. The trails are marked by trust and truth, such precise intensity fighting against the likes of adversity. Dade County was preserved by a man enriched in tradition, tenacity and the courage of a lion with dignity, integrity and heroism that was fierce. You'll always be high noted and regarded for what you did to save those whom you took a sacred oath to perform such a dangerous job. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 5, 2021

You displayed loyalty and devotion to all your faithful missions, journeys, duties and responsibilities, Officer Cook and for being honest and heroic may the Lord Himself shine his compassion down upon your soul and heart of virtue, dignity and integrity. They all meshed very well in protecting the people of Dade County who have not forgotten your smile, respectful character and commitment as well as your engaging personality. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 5, 2021

A blessing uplifts a sad heart. A healing tries to take away some illness. Your life and career, Officer Cook, were classy,heroic and honorable and no doubt the people of Dade County came away safer than before though today a little less because of your absence. But, humility and dignity are both truth and trust energizing integrity's own brands of vision and wisdom. Such vision, maturity and clarity like no other. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Writing a book is never an easy challenge, it's remembering a special and sweet soul of virtue and capability that takes effort into putting definition of words into context.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 4, 2021

This is a big holiday weekend with Labor Day this coming Monday and the beginning of the Jewish New Year Rosh Hashanah. First of all may you all be safe, well and blessed beyond what the Almighty provides us. And to the entire Cook, Wilkerson and Tidwell families the best of good health, peace,prosperity and the humility of furthering those missions that Officer Cook, "Uncle Bo," strived for on behalf of the citizens of Dade County. May Our Lord watch over your heart and soul as you watch over your loved ones. And to the Cooperman, Oliphant families all neighbors of the Cook Family a "Shana Tova" a peaceful new year of 5782. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. The pathways, trails of truth ,trust and blessings of honor sing God's dignified praises of integrity gently following your every move. To you and your family, Chief Geoffrey Jacobs, a happy new year too. Your colleague and classmate, Bill Cook, will forever be remembered and held in high esteem and in loyalty to his roles and virtues.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 4, 2021

A tail that sits on the fence cannot move forward as it motions are ceased from existing. You lived by honesty, devoutness and resourcefulness, Officer Cook, that was everlasting and forever endeavor multiplied many times over. Achievement that brought security,serenity and safe shelters for all society and never could you be stopped by any bedlam and chaos. Though you'll be respected and humanely saluted for giving your entire heart and countless valor to perform your sacred journeys above the calls of duty and vigilance. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 4, 2021

Fortitude initiated is gratitude embraced. You were a loving human being, Officer Cook and a man who embraced both humanity and nature. They were your vehicles invested within your caring and considerate heart and soul that created a positive impression to be forever shared, saluted and paid homage to for their virtue, wisdom and dignity. Such motors of mettle, morals and integrity that are stabilized within the cornerstones and foundations of which you sacrificed your life and protecting the spirit of Dade County for. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 4, 2021

All heart, soul and spirit keeping aglow the next world. Heaven is that dedicated and sacred venue where all heroes and heroines soar and keep guard over those gates of gallantry. You did your part very well, Officer Cook, making Dade County safer and more secure. Courage and conviction, trust and truth all coupled with the humbleness of honor, dignity and integrity facing violence square in the face and you my neighbor, friend and hero eclipsed every vehicle and every avenue of virtue, acumen and vision to successfully accomplish your earthiest of missions better ensuring mankind's future. Rest in peace.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 4, 2021

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