Metro-Dade Police Department, Florida
End of Watch Wednesday, May 16, 1979
Reflections for Police Officer William Coleman Cook
The carpets of courage, charm and candor have been rolled out to greet you when arrived in heaven, Officer Cook and now you welcome with open arms all who sacrifice their lives of heart, character and the honesty required to provide the stabilities of dignity, peace and integrity for a man whose uniform and badge gave Dade County solid effort and virtue every second of your life to be fondly remembered. A legacy passed down to your family to carry forward as they pursue their hopes, dreams and aspirations. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 13, 2021
We are expecting rain tomorrow yet your heavenly patrols will remain dry and secure, Officer Cook. Heaven has its heroes and heroines all protected by God's extra layers of humility and comapssion, the very same ones you instilled in the hearts of Dade County citizens. Only a gentleman of regard and resolve, your vision and virtue seeing your earthly missionsof honesty, integrity and respectful dignity through until Our Creator came and sadly took your soul and spirit back to His home where angels soar. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 13, 2021
You have to be convincing when striving for harmony and liberty for mankind. Dade County was your zone of zeal and passion, Officer Cook and your humble honor, protective dignity and inspiring integrity won't be forgotten. We salute a man on a quest of goodwill, hope and truth. So beloved by his family and esteemed colleagues who worked with you trying to make a dent within your community of this unending evil. You'll be extremely missed forever and will continue being paid homage for heart, soul and unselfish loyalty and devotion. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 13, 2021
The chapters, contents and tables of justice, truth and trust have been long since written and need no revision for they are as succinct and crisp as possible. You performed as you did for your whole life, Officer Cook, keeping a steady career of courage and crusades close to your vest of virtue and heart of honor that created that endearing and enriching lifestyle for Dade County to come to revere. Such character was greatly appreciated and your career exemplified those examples of effort, efficiency and the bounty of energy right from your reservoir of resolve and battling adversity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 12, 2021
The vignettes of virtue, valor and versatility only unwind just a part of the total package that all duly trained men and women must possess to have achievement in solving and in resolving crime, conflict and other callous actions that more than perturb the underbelly of humanity. Dade County was where essentiality and the values of honor, dignity and integrity all channeled their resources to bring about everlasting quiet, happiness and prosperity to mankind. A man who was a pleasure to partner with, Officer Cook, your cherished, blessed and proud name of humanity that misses your heart, soul and gracious smile of bravery everyday. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Character builds esteem. Commitment constructs the eyes of loyalty. Conviction brings the flocks of truth and trust to the center of the forefront.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 12, 2021
The noose of barbaric violence threatens to suffocate the life and humility out of society. And where life remains the primary source of our earthly and fruitful endeavors there always needs to be the sparkplugs and vitally important resources such as the excellence of all public servants, dedicated, devoted, diligent and honest who serve the causes of the public at large. You always made your humble and heroic presense known to all Dade County, Officer Cook and for the fabrics and fibers of true integrity and dignity right from your tireless and unselfish heart and soul of character and worthy convictions may you forever be saluted for having the boldness, the smile and the successes in life though cut way too early your virtue, vigor and versatility shall always remain with your family, peers and close friends. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 12, 2021
Let a man perform his civic duties while dealing with an entire situation that needs fixing. Dade County where you did an outstanding job of watching over, Officer Cook, was where your heart and soul belonged. Humanity needed your dignity, integrity and character to patrol for its harmony and unity. Badge#1664 was about reverence, respect, and the truthfulness of a man who is forever held in high esteem. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 12, 2021
Worry brings concern. Concern hinders the calmness of a community. Your humble nature, Officer Cook, brought safety and trust to Dade County where its citizens cherished your life and career. Where integrity, dignity and truth travel to you'll locate a man's intuition, intelligence and ingenuity. Character, commitment and pride always encircled your virtue and valor my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 12, 2021
The security and sense of passion can only be delivered by women and men of promise, virtue and versatility. Your responsibility, durability and accountability, Officer Cook, spearheaded Dade County to a renewed purpose of peace and perseverance. Such honesty, dignity and integrity was your mettle and the morals you demonstrated were so consummate and very humble. Sacred missions and solemn journeys that have uplifted the spirits and hearts of humanity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 12, 2021
Things have changed so much since you gave your heart and heroic soul over forty-two years ago, Officer Cook. The honor, humility and commitment were always bounded by the principles of devotion, faith and the resourcefulness of proper conduct while doing your due diligence to preserve prosperity for Dade County. The foundations and cornerstones were humbly placed down for mankind to witness and to paid homage to your humility and dignity which has enhanced and enriched the streets of your treasured community. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 12, 2021
Never stand alone because loneliness hurts. This fight and these constant battles over evil must be fought as a professional team of law enforcement agents assigned with protecting the serenity and security of a venue. Your Dade County area was where six years of your life, Officer Cook, were spent toiling and patrolling for a balance of wisdom, vision and clarity. Honesty reinforces the virtues of character, heart and dignity. And your humanely heroic integrity fought long and hard for our peace of mind.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 12, 2021
Liberty and freedom must stand humble and tall. It cannot take steps backward for if that were to occur our society could very well end up being ruined and a tarnished nation does not enjoy its happiness and prosperity as much as a tranquil community does. You cherished life, your beloved Karen and your family members, Officer Cook and the hero of heart and soul will never be out of Dade County's mind or sight. A wonderful young man, a gentleman of honesty, integrity and dignity striving for the trails of excellence, truth and trust daily. A salute to you for making humanity safer. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 12, 2021
Social media was not around during your time. Social distancing now seems like a normalcy never to step back. The fights and battles rage on despite this seemingly non ending pandemic. Carelessness seems to be in cautions back mirrors and where you were, Officer Cook, Dade County and its folks could tall, humble and proud. Your family won't forget a brave man, their warrior and hero of honor, integrity and dignity always adding that special virtue and vigilance to man's hopes and dreams. Another day will pass and yet your heroic legacy shall never wane even when the sun goes down. Character and proper behavior sees to that straight forward fact. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Humbleness and a most revered heart, soul and spirit all angelic and forevermore flying higher with the Lord's abundance of blessings and rewards for being there to back up your comrades and those citizens in danger.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 11, 2021
A life is composed of many proponents, elements and essentials. Day, afternoon, evening, a heart, soul and spirit that work for God's plans of making the universe far superior than one filled with evil, strife and baseless bloodshed. A band of honesty, dignity and integrity was always displayed upon your pristine badge and uniform, Officer Cook, badge#1664 was humility, character and an every moment commitment to excellence, valor and virtue from having a loving support system in your family, friends and professionally treasured peers who watched you mature and measure up to standards of conduct and sterling convictions all based upon truth and trustworthiness. A faithful man who dedicated his life and career to capture society's heart. Never overlooked and forever saluted for boldness, peace and prosperity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Composed and always admired for your countless acumen, awareness and being astute when trouble was on the prowl.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 11, 2021
I don't do it everyday, but when I drive north or south on US-441 I think about you and Karen, Officer Cook and whenever I pass Visitation Catholic Church where you worshipped and because of a stain glass window she donated in your holy memory. A life of honor and dignity, so much reverence and integrity poured into your passions of your heart and soul in an attempt to remedy Dade County of all this violence, evil and plain wickedness. A career of courage nourished by principles, values and ideals from such tireless vision, wisdom and maturity beyond the crowd. Never forgotten and saluted for goodwill launching hope and effort into your steady dedication. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 11, 2021
Safety and honesty take precedent over everything else. Integrity and dignity that were your springboards of your heart and soul so heroic, resilient and forever endearing to the masses in Dade County, Officer Cook. You surely paid close attention and took solemn stock of both your life and career, their ethics, conduct and scruples above reproach. Never a bad word, never any bad representation of a uniform and badge wore with due diligence andthe vigilance that versatility and virtue carry within them. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Humanity certainly misses your humility, charm and charisma, a smile do gentle and pleasant to look forward to.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 11, 2021
Certain, confident yet reserved and humble. Humility and sanctity cannot slip and fall upon one another when peril threatens to place and area under lock and key. Seeing that your personality, Officer Cook, fit your professional acumen and awareness it's no wonder the residents were deemed as safe and sound when you made your daily rounds patrolling for tranquility and the lights of liberty and its stability. Succinct and honest, dignified and poised with integrity, ingenuity with which you created that distinct bond for all Dade County to live and to thrive under. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 11, 2021
Seconds mean something. Life cannot straddle that fence hopelessly falling into danger. Your responses and actions not just on May 16,1979,but everyday of your watch, Officer Cook, provided more than ample reason as to why you are to be revered, saluted and forever paid homage of humility and honor. To your unwavering soul and heart that served and saved the people of Dade County a thank you is just a small token of their gratefulness for your resourcefulness, trustworthiness and unrelenting faithfulness. To steer loyalty, esteem and character into the tunnels of your undivided tenacity takes some pretty good amount of learning and thoughtfulness. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 11, 2021
Unique, yet centered, focused and humbly loyal to your colleagues, department and the entire Dade County community where your respect and admiration still shines brightly today and everyday, Officer Cook. A gentleman who is a hero and a man whose heart and soul delivered pride and excellence each second you were alive and well. Sad and terribly tragic you are not here today to see your family which carries your legacy and virtues forward. The fights and battles rage on but your tireless character and stellar commitments are all angels soaring in the heavens above. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Your humane spirit knows and Our Maker's help sees everything. They pursue their lives while remembering "Uncle Bo."
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 11, 2021
Take stock of your destinies for devotion, faith and goodwill will follow your true and trusted trails of justice. Honor, dignity and integrity all demonstrated their grit, gumption and steadfast determination whenever you patrolled the streets of Dade County, Officer Cook. Not many are willing to make such a sacrifice, but your gave your entire heart and soul of valor with everlasting virtue and the sacred versatility that is called upon. Our peace and freedoms have been firmly secured and linked to your very solemn earthly missions, their fruitful journeys so enriching and enhancing. We salute your unassuming and unselfish humility and charm. A warm and wide smile that is missed beyond comprehension by your beloved family. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 11, 2021
The dividends of dignity,composure, decency, desire and determination are endless so long as proper conduct, honesty and integrity remain forever enhanced. You enriched and punctuated your acumen and wisdom, Officer Cook, by being noble and humble in your endeavors to save Dade County andits residents from any less than civil. Peace, liberty and togetherness are the operative words that spellout a man's constitution of class and the caliber of your stellar life and career sadly cut short by one man and his violence against authority just trying to stop him from hurting others and your fellow officers. Your earthly accomplishments, sacred and civil are recorded for posterity and for the public to view forevermore. Character,conviction and commitments true and trusted as your spirit, heart and smile gently graced society's doorsteps. Rest in peace.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 10, 2021
If the wheels start to squeak then you need to put more oil on them. If violence and terror seem to march forward then you require further means of stability, discipline, desire and dedication to carry your righteous paths of persistence. You have to keep up in battling adversity because if you allow it one tiny second it's ugliness will just prevail. You were positive, humanely trusted and did your job watching over Dade County, Officer Cook, with everything accentuated invirtue, wisdom and vision and it's dignity, integrity and intelligence that further diligence and vigilance to a higher level. The cornerstones and foundations you laid down my neighbor, friend and hero may have changed some since your sacrifice, yet they stand as the pillows of mankind's renewal. All heart, soul and spirit which God is looking after. His angel of valor is safeguarded so that no harm comes your direction ever again. Rest in peace.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 10, 2021
A leap of faith is what all public servants at some point in their careers must face in order to channel their souls and hearts directly in evil's wicked clutches. To defend, preserve and to protect must define their roles and onuses. Yours, Officer Cook, was paved here in Dade County your unassuming honesty, dignity and integrity are forever felt, praised and rewarded as a hero of resolve, resiliency and virtue. To create the chains of security and safety require team work and when one strays from that trusted and truthful path the whole chain of command can get off track derailing any measures of tranquility and hope. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 10, 2021
When the heat is on the men and women of law enforcement go into action propelling faith, hope and goodwill where their loyalty, esteem and your cherished name to be revered, respected and utilized as a learning tool for others to follow in. Dade County and its fine citizens will never forget their hero in you, Officer Cook, as your courage, heart and soul strengthened those bonds of dignity, integrity and humanity which truly misses your presense and smile. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 10, 2021
One look at humility told the bold and heroic story of your heart, soul and what we call decency and honesty. It surely resonated throughout Dade County, Officer Cook, where you served and patrolled the streets with dignity, vision and the virtues of a man whose integrity was legendary. Such outstanding character that will be remembered forevermore, versatility and acumen so wise and so humane. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 10, 2021
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