Metro-Dade Police Department, Florida
End of Watch Wednesday, May 16, 1979
Reflections for Police Officer William Coleman Cook
A person with a mind and heart can really perform some of the most wonderful things. Society benefitted from your expertise, Officer Cook and Dade County received a day's worth of onus, sacred journeys and all the needed dignity, integrity and character to handle the rigors of a most demanding position. Energy, effort and efficiency were traits that served your resources quite well. A cherished man honored by his family and professionally esteemed colleagues for searching for some meaning and fruition necessary to live happily and in good health. Your well being and nobility were the shining knights of your acumen and astuteness that keep the lights aglow above. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 13, 2021
Cornerstones and the effort undertaken by you, Officer Cook, raised the level of awareness in all Dade County where its people have come to cherish the safety, security and serenity your good name and blessed heart and soul delivered to them. From a humble beginning, your career and life blossomed into one surely destined for more accentuation and certainly more left to accomplish. God's intervention took your soul that was robbed its decency and dignity back home to heaven where your sacred missions and spirit can rest in peace along with you my neighbor, friend and hero in perfect coordination. You now and for eternity walk your beat without the slightest harm affecting you. Such a gifted, humble and sweet young man functioning under God's eyes and ears of everything truthful and trustworthy. Nothing in life sadly can be taken for granted. Your legacy, Officer Cook,is carried on by family,friends and those who have taken over your humane watch.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 13, 2021
Imagination and trickery won't always stop an act of calamity. Resourcefulness, faithfulness and conviction lead your pursuits, Officer Cook, here in the Dade County community you and your beloved family called home. Integrity, ingenuity, insight, they all contributed to the wars and battles being fought on our behalf. Your quests for knowledge and now how never ceased nor did they shift from your accountability and responsibility. Such foundations all heroically constructed with your virtue, valor and vision had integrity, honor and dignity all leading the charges forward and your heart, soul and spirit of diligence and vigilance won't go without proper salutes and homage. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 13, 2021
Drive, decency, desire and dedication are the essential elements to combating violence and other such adversities. Your compassion, passion, heart and soul, Officer Cook, made up your important focuses upon the very residents of Dade County whom you loyally served and duly protected. A man with character, respect and dignified integrity won't ever be overlooked for steering evil away from us. Your heroic life and career were the creations of not only God but how your beloved parents may they too rest in peace along with you my neighbor, friend and hero of humility and unwavering resilience. Hope and goodwill to be revered, admired and treasured forever. The necessary building blocks for a safer and more prosperous future that should have included a most trusted and truthful warrior of gallantry and the strokes of boldness.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 13, 2021
Perpetual motion may keep evil at bay but only temperarily. You worked tirelessly and with great direction, Officer Cook, to see to the matters at hand protecting, preserving and promptly placing your honored heroic stamp of bravery down in the very streets of Dade County where you worked and toiled with ferocity and distinction to be fondly saluted. Humanity, your family and department have your special and terrific heart, soul and spirit of adventure to be revered as your legacy and clutch character created those fruitions of serenity and joy for us all. Mankind looks forward to the coming of harmony forevermore. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 12, 2021
Nothing is ever monotonous when battling, brawling and fighting against the likes of adversity, strife and suffering. Violence, evil and wickedness leave those fields scarred forever with blood, sweat and the stains of senseless hatred. You kept on doing your job, Officer Cook, so proud and professional. Dade County won't ever forget the smiling face of badge #1664, yourswhich accentuated faith,hope and devotion to goodwill never hostility, only capapbility, versatility and unending reliability. Accountability as excellent as your humble and heroic honor, dedicated dignity and always swift integrity which was widely respected. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. The people whom you served with distinction, heart and soul have you to be grateful for their peace of mind and safe pathways to liberty and enchantment.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 12, 2021
Free to roam, free to soar as an eagle of peace and togetherness. The heavens have your humanely honored heart, soul and courage in virtue, vim and vitality never wavering. Dade County, Officer Cook, has you, your legacy and a badge of scruples to thank for its tranquility. Ideals and wisdom belong inthe very same sentence as vision andyour beyond the crowd maturity. It's a peace of your esteem, faithfulness and tireless resourcefulness to be fondly and duly saluted. A hero true and through with undaunting trust and sincerity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 12, 2021
No parties, no picnics where your constitution and intuition rest in peace forever my neighbor, friend and hero, Officer Cook,is a land, a special and a sacred venue where angels and heroes lie now doing their heavenly missions with God above attending and caring for their needs, needs that only a soul so humble and heroic and a spirit so valued, versatile and virtuous navigated. It patrolled the corridors of Dade County with its absolute honesty, dignity and integrity all well revered and forever esteemed. So loyal, dedicated and roundly decisive. A gentleman of valor so bold and always accountable never being overlooked. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 12, 2021
Dignity and integrity have to tunnel under the ruins of evil that cannot be buried in the abyss of misery, pain and suffering. Those families are still awaiting the fate of their loved ones trapped now for almost three weeks. Your sweet, special and humbly heroic spirit, Officer Cook, is looking down from heaven and helping Our Creator as He offers support, consolation and salvation to an area and a world reeling from such tragedy. Your pilgrimages made Dade County better off and with outstanding character and virtue, you'll forever be blessed and solemnly honor for attitude,fortitude and a multitude of hope and goodwill given back to humanity. Rest in peace my neighbor,friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 12, 2021
Forty-two years after your ultimate sacrifice, Officer Cook, Dade County still feels the chills of unrest and tension, though your heights of honor, integrity and dignity have always been cherished, respected and saluted for their unselfish and undying boldness, bravery and wisdom, a mind so sharp you rarely needed prodding. That is precisely the reason why you led and motivated others through danger. You took care and were the consummate gentleman of faith, resourcefulness, pride and whatever principles and discipline were going to assist you inyour earthly journeys sadly ended too soon by a young man bent on being disrespctful and surely one who distained authority, no class, heart andsoul. Yours, Officer Cook, rests in peace my neighbor, friend andhero in God's plains of perfection where angels are forevermore heroes and heroines of virtue and vigilance.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 12, 2021
The arms of acumen, astuteness and awareness swung into action, heroic and honorable, Dade County was protected by your sheer energy and heart, their characters written in stone, marble and granite solemnly remembering a man of true faith and allegiance to his job and its multitude of responsibilities. Integrity, dignity and trust leaping face to face and head to head with this unmitigated violence which you, Officer Cook, possessed the right fortitude and tenacity to attempt to stop. Your spirit rests in peace my neighbor, friend and hero with a clear and resounding message to all who now serve and that is to be careful, yet concerned, honest and dignified at all turns around those streets were danger lies.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 12, 2021
Freedom shall erupt. Your effort was exhibited each and everyday, Officer Cook, providing Dade County and its people more than ample opportunity to live happier and safer lives. Your career and life was beyond just ordinary as it carried within your heart, soul and badge the makings of honesty, dignity and integrity and such versatility, reverent character and convictions ofvirtue so true and trusted. A warrior who was welcomed into heaven's gates with angelic wings fitted perfectly foryour eternal patrols. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 12, 2021
Boldness, bravery and humility are not supposed to browse. Their look of honesty, dignity and integrity are what is properly needed to secure and guard any area from crime and harm. Your steadfast determination, fierce loyalty and dedication to responsibility, Officer Cook, helped to erect those gates of valor, those fences of energy and effort minded ferocity. A public servant confident in all his God given abilities that compartamentized goodwill, trust and hope back into the wellsprings of humanity. Dade County will not forget your drive and heroism all tempered and all sincerely genuine. Your heart, soul and spirit live on in heaven's name as one of many angels of resiliency, reverence and true virtue. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Greatness is in the eyes of God, glory be His flock of versatility. All valid, vigilant and all vigor.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 11, 2021
Nothing in life is just simplicity being mutliplied. Numerous moments present themsleves and how one comports themselves in dignity, integrity and honesty are how the circumstances will flow in a more proper atmosphere. You kept the chains of courage, conviction and class, Officer Cook, moving ahead with virtue, vitality and a sacred meaning. Life can be a tricky ordeal for many, badge#1664 accomplished so very much in a short life, it's always going to be regretful how everything ended for a man of unity, freedom and liberty now entering our castles where crusades and happiness shall travel without harm. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 11, 2021
There has been certain remorse over your loss, Officer Cook and your loving family has had to carry the burdens that you demonstrated and displayed at all times back towards the people of Dade County. It's where important principles, scruples and values never got tangled and for having undying tenacity may God pour His perseverance upon your sweet and humble soul and heart of both versatility and virtue, it evolved and revolved around the corridors of your community and mankind to keep your journeys aglow. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 11, 2021
Adversity, grief and sorrow are supposed to bind humanity at a time when tensions and unrest look to steal our health,peace and happiness. A gentleman so graceful, gifted and gallant fighting with heart, soul and your unrelenting will to survive, Officer Cook. Dade County was surely amplified by your peaceful tones, voice and always available demeanor of dignity, integrity and a charming smile upliftingand upholding our fruitions of fate and devotion. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 11, 2021
The outcomes are not always known and yet the price for making the ultimate sacrifice is surely realized and you created that welcome impression forever stamped upon the residents of Dade County, Officer Cook, your home and venue where your uncanny vision and wisdom had the fight off the affects of adversarial evil. Such blatant disrespect and lack of class, decency and direction, this man who took your life and ended a sacred marriage to Karen and the opportunities to dote on your great-nieces, great nephew as well as Josh, Gina and Justin whose middle name is in honor of you my neighbor, friend and hero. Character, truth and trust faithfully resting in heavenly harmony.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 11, 2021
The chalk on the blackboard writes down meticulous information and your copious note taking and humble attention to details created those honored and dignified patrols in and around Dade County, Officer Cook, which have never been forgotten. Your sacred name and cherished life and career fortified the boundaries here in this world so that your family can gently uplift your heroic legacy signed with enhancement, enrichment and a most engaging soul and heart. Such humane virtue is forever eternally rewarded by Our Creator Himself. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 11, 2021
You never required prompting because of straight forward efficiency and a tireless heart and soul supporting your earthly missions on behalf of Dade County's folks, Officer Cook. Heroism is and was forever why you'll remain cherished, respected and we salute your honor, integrity and dignity which battled for our very serenity which is most essential and important in the peace process. Character, commitment and true convictions are everlasting as is your angelic spirit as it encircles your family, friends and colleagues. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 11, 2021
Looking back is fine so long as the lights do shine upon our futures and yes, Officer Cook, you and Karen had a bright future ahead. She knew and loved you. She fully comprehended your dangerous missions and journeys all in heaven's humble name to bestow quiet and prosperity within the regions of Dade County. The hopes and dreams waiting for a noble man, a servant of trust and truth, grit and gumption to humanely dignify their onuses towards mankind. Integrity is the masterpiece of one's morals and the very fibers of their mettle, it's located in discipline and ethics that reach the heart and soul of our world. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 10, 2021
Cool and calm under stress and duress is certainly much better than angry and out of sync. Dade County had every measure of your fine resources, Officer Cook, backing your every class move. Honor and integrity, reverence and cooperation marching forward in the name of Our Creator whose continues bestowing blessings and rewards upon your mortal soul. We the citizens have come to salute and pay homage to a man of conviction, a man of desire and dediation, a heart determined to battle until your last ounce of breath before you sadly succumb to the very vile actions of evil by one callous and seriously troubled young man. Imagine if most people lived with three generations of their family I believe honesty, fortitude and respect would be the goals in life. No one is surely created equal. His life was sad and troubled. There was no need to take his vengeance out against police doing their best to create harmony in the community. R est in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 10, 2021
You can bend at the waist. You can breath the clearness of fresh air. You surely can yawn just not exhibit this habit a lot while on duty protecting, preserving and saving lives so valuable. You were a constant gentleman of hope, trust and goodwill, Officer Cook, always out in Dade County performing your roles in an outstanding manner. The effort, the energy, the heart and character, the commitments to excellence,pride and the trustworthy convictions that have supported the pillows of your spirit, all dignity and integrity resting in peace with you my neighbor, friend and hero in heaven, its gates of gallantry shining brightly as angels all soar higher each second.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 10, 2021
Glorify if you must, but, be humble and loyal to your parents who have raised and developed your heart, soul and your mind's thinking mechanisms. You were taught, trained and practiced greatly, Officer Cook, before hitting those sometimes rough and tumble streets where torment and danger lurked. The piers of perseverance were open to any and all suggestions and with your vivid insight, intuitive integrity, Officer Cook, Dade County was kept secure, serene and safe from harm for the most part. Violence should not have intercepted your life of loyalty, humility and sanctity nor should it have taken such a brave warrior casting his uniform and honorable badge into peril to make that ultimate sacrifice now a building block for the future of tranquility and unity for humanity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 10, 2021
Whatever Auxiliary Bishop offered in his eulogy of your soul, Officer Cook, I was not there but for what I heard it was humble, humane and quite to the very point of your unselfish honesty, composed dignity and integrity from your most resourceful heart and soul that poured your esteemed labors oflove and trust where Dade County could rely upon its peaceful trails and happiness to last forevermore. You are very much missed by all including your adoring family and friends inside and outside ofyour department. Heaven now has an angel with all the values, ideals and principles that have uplifted your spirit and character. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 10, 2021
Exult a man for his inspiring courage and precise efforts. Energy that enriched and a tireless heart that enhanced Dade County. Your career and life, Officer Cook, all honest, heroic and very dignified was tghe exemplified code of character, class and concern all consideration distributed back into mankind's meters of mettle and streets where foundations today remain solemn and are saluted with total humility. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 10, 2021
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