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

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

Brilliant is smartness taken to the next plateau. Bravery and honesty are what humility, dignity and integrity are supposed to be in every public servant patrolling the streets for peace and keep clear of evil and danger. You toiled and were tenacious, Officer Cook and Dade County will not forget your endearing, engaging and unselfish virtue and faithfulness that changed forever the landscapes around your community that continues revering and saluting your intuitions, wisdom and ingenuity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 4, 2021

A young man, a gentleman demonstrates and displays his wares of truth, trust and acumen. You were the consummate professional, Officer Cook, whose loss to society is forever mourned. You led others by virtue of excellent character, morals and scruples above reproach and by always being full of integrity and a humbly blessed heart that tried its utmost to eradicate wickedness from Dade County streets one of which holds a sign with your treasured name and now angelic wisdom. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 3, 2021

The sounds are different and the pictures have changed since you gave your life and career, Officer Cook, to stop wanton violence and callous evil here in Dade County. Fighting crime is surely not a soap opera and danger lurks where even the honest, dignified men and women of character, virtue and respect patrol. You won't be forgotten for your due diligence, versatile vigilance and your ever present smile and heart overflowing with tireless energy and unselfish resolve and effort. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. An angel whose family, comrades and friends all you miss terribly.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 3, 2021

Service and humility warm the cockles of those hearts, souls and prayers, those offered to remember your outstanding life and career covering Dade County where serenity and compassion walked together in trust and in truth as you laid your soul down for. Your loved ones, Officer Cook, have the warmest of humble memories of honor, dignity, integrity and virtue all beaming down from heaven, an angel forever wrapped in tradition, character, commitment to excellence and most of all respect. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 2, 2021

Terror tramples the heck out of humanity and causes such undue violence that destroys the rhythms of honor, dignity and integrity. Your structure and sense of fairness, trust and truth, Officer Cook, portrayed the heroism, heart and humbleness needed to perform all your loyal yet difficult roles on behalf of Dade County's citizens. Time passes, you won't be forgotten and certainly saluted for having valor, virtue and vision moving your trails of peace further ahead. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 1, 2021

Never good to be estranged from your family and community. They too share the hopes and dreams of a better tomorrow. The signs of hope, faith, truth and trust all tacked together by the shields of honesty, integrity and dignity all trying to cope as they dig deeper to find harmony and safety for mankind. Dade County did not have to go far to locate a charming man with a deep passion to be humbly aware of his environment. Officer Cook, pride and precision marked the trials, tribulations and paths of ingenuity and conviction all real and all heart. Violence robbed your family, peers of esteem and friends of humbleness and blessing from ever seeing and speaking with you again. You'll be solemnly and fondly remembered and rewarded for having wisdom, vision and maturity supporting excellence in character and commitment. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 1, 2021

You blessed mother nature with your towering aspirations now they serve as inspirations for a new day that dawns. The sun has come up and with it, Officer Cook, comes the challenge for those succeeding you to answer to Our Maker and to create a positive atmosphere here in Dade County for its residents. You took the time to answer and to explain the basics of life and what it means to live freely and in unity. No small order and yet integrity, dignity and honesty unlocked those doors that needed to be opened to a safer tomorrow. The obligations of sanctity and humility take on a more defined meaning and the approaches must be carried out with loyalty and full sincerity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Heroism that now lives eternally as an angel of valor and vigilance.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 1, 2021

Your life and career ended way too early and too soon with a legacy of heroism left behind to explore, salute and treasure and these memories must still be painful and agonizing for your beloved family. Dade County, your life and career, Officer Cook, were along with family what inspired you to become the gentleman whose gallantry and passion mixed well with respected character, truth and trust all enriching, engaging and enhancing the souls of those whom you preserved and served with distinction and pride. You'll be missed forevermore and the stars at night do shine brightly as your beloved and most virtual spirit keeps them aglow. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 1, 2021

The count is tolling for serious trouble and terror to stop. To quell its advances one must be fiercely devoted, dedicated and determined to stop its undermining of our society. To synchronize and to orchestrate goodwill, peace and hope is certainly a tall task and badge#1664, yours, Officer Cook, was up to the challenges that lied ahead where peril and obstacles can confuse, confront and confound the best of women and men, thinkers, wise individuals whose vision, versatility and virtue never derail. Yours, my neighbor, friend and hero stay laser focused on the missions at hand. Accountability, responsibility and being dependable all count and so do ethics and morals. God has an angel whose integrity, character and heart were all dignified and never in doubt. Rest in peace.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 1, 2021

You invest in decisions to avert tragedy and harm. Instill, install and implant the roots of resolve, resourcefulness and resiliency and you'll sooner or later witness the branches of integrity, honesty and dignity all taking shape from humility. With a charismatic heart and soul, Officer Cook, you were for the most part able to maintain serenity and secure travels for Dade County's folks. Today, you continue to be paid homage for loyal execution of your profound obligations sacred and most meaningful that have lead to the foundations and their frameworks being raised for a better future one that surely would have been sounder if Our Master had allowed you to live and to see your rightful retirement. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 1, 2021

The blast furnaces of bravery, heart and virtue were burning round the clock when you patrolled the sacred areas around Dade County, Officer Cook. A man of his word, your honorable affirmation was strictly directed at those sources of integrity, character and dignity facing adversity squarely where its shall be looked at. Your life and career have all been blessed, rewarded and cherished by your family, colleagues and those close knit friends who knew a genuine smile and a man whose trails produced the fiber of trust and truth leading the pack. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 1, 2021

Your politeness, common sense, courtesy and moral standards, Officer Cook, all met evil right smack in the face You placed your devoutness, fairness and faithfulness properly where Dade County and its citizens could feel the gentle breezes blowing serenity and calmness their direction. Seeing that dignity, integrity and humility all honored our world, your parents, sister and beloved wife, Karen, all understood the word hero implanted in your very sacred heart where your deeds and actions have all been humanely blessed and accentuated in rewards by Our Creator. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 31, 2021

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