Metro-Dade Police Department, Florida
End of Watch Wednesday, May 16, 1979
Reflections for Police Officer William Coleman Cook
Every proper sentence requires a noun, verb and a proper object. Police and public defenders of
our peace require the gentle touches of honor, integrity and dignity. Ingenuity, intuition and intellect don't need to be rocket scientists to figure out mankind's problems, issues and circumstances. Dade County had a superlative and a seasoned veteran in you, Officer Cook. Heroic, humane and without a doubt true and trusted, battle tested too. Evil was your objective and the subject on that fateful day of May 16,1979 was the man who took your youth and nearly those of your fellow brothers battling the very same tensions, troubles and unrest. It's all acrying shame such integrity and commitment uprooted by the winds of ruin destroying a life so valued,productive and treasured. You will always be saluted as an angel of endeavor and energy tireless and unwavering. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 1, 2021
Violence is more than a cheapshot at the world. It can terminate and erode the best laid plans of mankind and its distinguished public servants such as yourself, Officer Cook. Such a humble legacy deserving life not have that robbed from your passionate heart, soul and character. Humility and ferocity were your sacred pals as they accompanied you on every patrol of our area where we breathe and exist with one another. Never a more gallant and fitting gentleman to fight those fights against adversity and to stand for humane discipline, determination and destinies that reached far and wide. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 1, 2021
The next world has character, class and all the decency expected from a truly loyal and beloved friend, comrades in arms and a dignified soul of boldness banding together a Dade County just seeking peace and liberty for all society. Things have changed since your left your family and peers over forty-two years ago, Officer Cook. But you are always remembered for composure and heart, a never say no tenacity strapped toyour badge and uniform of excelling and the pride for performing aperilous job with a happy heart and a sweet disposition. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Justice cannot ever lose sight of its wisdom, maturity, virtue and allegiance. The pride of the streets is being supervised by those who have taken over your prime onuses. They had better be up to task and have their professional affairs in order.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 1, 2021
The yokes of yearning are still upon our world as we speak, Officer Cook and as your gentle soul, heart and spirit rest in peace in Our Master's splendid heights. Glorious and free, as your family, department and Dade County's hero of humbleness and humanity, your life and career lent its moral support to those fighting those difficult wars over wickedness. Honor, dignity and integrity innertwined with hope, resilience to maintain those rudders of resolve and compasses of your unselfish, unending courage, tireless and demonstrative. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 1, 2021
A good job but if your scruples, honesty and values are on different plateaus, those plains of justice, truth and trust will certainly blow right into the ocean. Dade County had a spirit of virtue, a cherished and loyal soul of serenity constantly pounding the sidewalks searching for a share of peace and stability all with your glowing heart and heroic aptitude, acumen and respect, Officer Cook. You'll forever remain a soldier whose missions were dedicated and all solemnly sacred. We benefitted and so should you have been allowed to live out your life, finish an outstanding career and reap the joys and fruits of your retirement. God took your soul back to heaven to enhance those pristine gates of humility where angels roam forevermore. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Trust and truth can shred tyranny apart and one day real soon harmony will be a commonplace.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 1, 2021
Resolution is always better than strife and baseless bloodshed. The ruination of modern day humanity hinges upon everyone getting along better with each other. Mankind has inspirations, aspirations, dreams, goals and desires and in order for their pictures to become clearer, dignity, integrity and reverent character and honesty must somehow prevail. That did happen back when you strived to provide unity, harmony and the accentuation of positive resourcefulness toward Dade County, Officer Cook. A fine young man with many Godgiven gifts who bestowed humility, strength of heart and soul back into its many streets and venues. You'll be solemnly saluted and fondly remembered for giving your life and a career of exemplary measures. The fibers and fabrics of tenacity, truth and trust all gently tugging at society and for instilling goodwill, may Our Maker bless, reward and implant an eternal tranquility upon your special and sweet spirit of virtue. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 1, 2021
The steady hands, the unwavering heart, the tireless soul all working their parts to protect and to create a sense of awareness in and around Dade County. You were the master, Officer Cook, at keeping things calm during points of imbalance and never forgotten for your unselfish heroic career and life of everything honesty, dignity and integrity bring to those battles over adversity. All so energetic and all so relentless. The bonds of our futures brokered by your undying sacred missions to broaden the scopes of mankind which cherished you and misses your smile and personality so smart and so dependable. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Goodwill, good nature, good cheer were b y-products of your compassion and now as an angel heaven has your gifts, talents and skills foryou towalk your perfect beat without harm directing its anger and grief your way. You led the trails of truth and trust to now serve as your legacy of freedom and resolve. Those patrolling have an awesome burden awaiting their hearts and souls.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 30, 2021
The heavenly clouds surround your gallant and brave heart, soul and spirit of laughter and virtue, Officer Cook. They really do illuminate the night skies above. Such an honest and intuitous young man searching for answers to harmony and unity here in Dade County. So instrumental in the essense of effort, the dignity laid down to conquer violence and the integrity centered where concern was looking for safe shelters. Humility, humbleness and heroism so passionate and sacred, your voyages ended all too early. Why? Only Our Creator holds the key to those answers. We know your family misses your smile and gatherings are devoid of your personality electrifying. But, what a true and trusted warrior, values, character, reverence and esteem all matter as does the lives of those whom you served with loyalty and protected with every morsel of conviction and outstanding commitments to uplift,enhance and enrich. Mankind has received and now God has your special and sweet spirit for safekeeping. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 30, 2021
Police hunt down heinousness while capturing callous individuals who jeopardize civilization. Your humble, honest and heroic earthly pursuits here in Dade County, Officer Cook, all led to our very peace and stability from within. It's always going to be terrible, tragic and appalling that violence took you from your family and colleagues. But, your truthful, resourceful and most faithfully diligent dignity, integrity and responsible character carried out all your missions with an unselfish, unwavering andmost tireless heart, soul and spirit to be solemnly, nobly and sacredly saluted for virtue, valor and moral vitality. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 30, 2021
The floodgates of fierce evil just seem to never abate. One cannot be tardy in answering those calls where life and passing hang in the balance. Police for having honor, ingenuity and a relentless fortitude teeter at moments between life and death. Making that ultimate sacrifice, Officer Cook, was what you willingly signed on to become, a duly respected man of humbleness and liberty for Dade County citizens. Such an attitude must never be overlooked as we and your loved ones cherish your sacred public life of care, consideration and concern for your fellowman. Your principles,values and wisdom, ideals to be shared and learned to the tee shall be the blocks of faith and truth for a future built on candor. Your smile,charm and tireless charisma is very much missed yet is being forever blessed and humanely rewarded by God. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 30, 2021
A heart that pumps blood and pounds with a treasured happiness one that searched through Dade County for meaning and a solomn prospect of locating some semblance of tranquility and unity for mankind to delve beyond just its purposes, causes and foundations of fruition. Your days, weeks, months and years, Officer Cook, delivered a healthy bounty of hope, goodwill and prosperity to all looking for something concrete to pin their goals, dreams and aspirations upon. No one ever ever thought your pathways, trails of trust and truth would tragically end because of a man of hate and venom spewing from his heart that disrespected the balance of a harmonious civilization. You surely had much more left to gain, achieve andto accomplish. Heaven and Our King called your special, sweet and virtual soul of relevance to perform a more essential and important task and that is to patrol the streets watching over the pearly gates of humility while welcoming other heroes and heroines to the"Thin Blue Line." Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Two aspirin are not going to heal the afflictions that constantly tug at society's coattails. It will take the determination, dedication and honored decency to maintain law and order here on Earth.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 30, 2021
A trip down memory lane must include a life and a career formulated within the virtues of wisdom, vision and maturity. It was your mainstay, Officer Cook and must forever be duly and fondly noted, inscribed and etched within the hearts and souls of your beloved family, humble comrades of the very same bravery, integrity and honor's dignity that you poured your efforts into, Dade County shall remain your home even where you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero forevermore engraved in the rich history of your department. Intuitive and a man with plenty of backbone composed that supported your every movementof mettle and the fabrics of efficiency and respect from all society. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Badge#1664 is yours, Officer Cook and heaven has a priceless angel of love and adornment.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 30, 2021
The heart of a hero, the soul of a pious man, a gentleman following his spirits passions to protect, preserve and to pacify those whose tempers are scary. With a calming voice of reason and a demeanor of hope, devotion and goodwill, Officer Cook, were you able to adjust your compass accordingly. Dade County was the location of your accountabilty, versatility and onus toward humanity. A humbly honored being is the very first place to begin and from there integrity, reverence and dignity faced calamity and adversity as only a refined hero must. Your peers of esteem have never ever stopped cherishing your life, career and the memories of your bonified tenacity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Safe passages all built and constructed within the bounds of boldness and your documented and accentuated acumen and awareness.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 30, 2021
Gracious and gallant, a man with a plan and preparation for what was forthcoming. Evil invades our privacy and that can never be tolerated. Dade County was the venue, Officer Cook, where your vehicles of resolve, resiliency and endeavor patrolled the streets and roads looking for a broad sector of serenity, safety and secure trails for mankind to follow in. You left a most heroic legacy stamped withthe scruples of honesty, ingenuity and the integrity that dignified a lifethat enriched, enhanced and uplifted society from the bottom upward. Your noble heart, soul and never relenting convictions and commitments to all that is right, all that is excellence in performing your professional duties. Trust and truth can tame the tiger that is terror, torment and turmoil. Your career and life of progress emphasized that point. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 30, 2021
Police hunt down heinousness while capturing callous individuals who jeopardize civilization. Your humble, honest and heroic earthly pursuits here in Dade County, Officer Cook, all led to our very peace and stability from within. It's always going to be terrible, tragic and appalling that violence took you from your family and colleagues. But, your truthful, resourceful and most faithfully diligent dignity, integrity and responsible character carried out all your missions with an unselfish, unwavering andmost tireless heart, soul and spirit to be solemnly, nobly and sacredly saluted for virtue, valor and moral vitality. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 30, 2021
A crazy man who attacked your integrity, authority and dignity ruining and shattering your life and your family's lives forevermore. They carry on your legacy, honor and humanely humble soul and heart for what they accomplished on behalf of Dade County, Officer Cook. A man of trust, ingenuity always stoking the flames of your unselfish and tireless passion. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Bridges cemented by courage and the crusade of a wise heart and resourceful soul with a spirit of virtue validating yourpatrols.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 29, 2021
Those who prey on mankind are the one's whose inclinations are certainly not filled with integrity, honesty and dignity. You were a dedicated warrior and superbly composed man, Officer Cook, Your superiors never had to worry and neither did Dade County folks. You were driven by the fibers and fabrics of mettle, morals and discipline that was top notch and is to be commended andsolemnly saluted. Pride is the interjection of passion and persistence and yours served and is watched over every second by Our Lord. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 29, 2021
Appreciate what you have today for tomorrow is not a given. Police depend upon their tools and resources of tenacity, ferocity and of course by being true and faithful to their venues of virtue and valor. Yours, Officer Cook, was Dade County where the lights of your soul, heart and spirit stay forever aglow. An angel whose dignity, integrity and honor represented humanity's intuitions never to be forsaken. Your uplifting and enriching character,commitments to principles and ethics, their convictions will always be trusted and cherished greatly. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. The fountain of youth still overflows with passion and its veins of vigor, vitality, their virtue stands up front and center.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 29, 2021
The sands of time shift each moment and with it comes a new day dawning. Dade County wakes up today to a little bit less safety because of your absense, Officer Cook, a hero of humanity never overlooked and never forgotten for courage and conviction right fromthe drawers of your heart and soul. Esteem to be treasured and loyalty to be boldly etched within your family andcomrades' hearts and minds. It takes a man of ingenuity and intuition to go out and battle everything callous and heinous, you did that and your badge and uniform of sanctity won't be shelved. You laid your life and career down setting newer foundations and their cornerstones for a securer future one with your name and memories to be shared and the lessons all learned day and night forever. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 29, 2021
Such a sound and proficienct gentleman protecting us and all of Dade County, a community that has respected and revered your wisdom, vision and compassion toward society. Officer Cook, you never took anything for granted and for performing with onus and resiliency may God bless and reward your honesty, dignity and integrity that fought long and hard for our sense of harmony and stability. Heroism to be forevermore saluted and paid homage for valaor, vigilance and humanely loyal virtue. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 29, 2021
The assortment of acumen, being astute and being aware surely enhanced your patrols of Dade County, Officer Cook. A hero who has been welcomed into the angelic circle of humility, honor and dignified integrity now and forever in heaven. You remain sorely missed and always greatly beloved by your family, comrades of the past and a whole host of friends whose heart and souls were just as yours were truthful, faithfully trustworthy andof staunch character and desirable commitments to excellence,pride and sacred missions undertaken with mankind's security and safe journeys following close behind. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 29, 2021
Heroism walks down the sacred paths of wisdom, maturity and vision as do all angels of esteem and enhancement solemnly must. Sacred and humble nothing would suggest otherwise, Officer Cook, that you were one truly passionate and duly honorable servant whose Godly exploits were purposeful and for the causes of Dade County's liberties. If dignity, integrity and character are linked together one's earthly pursuits of justice become more vivid and yours my neighbor, friend and hero were virtuous and surely versatile. Rest in peace. Your special and sweet spirit lights up the nightime skies above.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 28, 2021
A crossroads of faith and devotion shaddowed you, Officer Cook, throughout a life of diligence and due vigilance watching over us living in Dade County. A hero of truth and a spirit of conviction advancing the know how of commitment to everything excellent and prideful. Sadly, there will not be another Officer Cook, patrolling our streets and neighborhood, you were the best, the prime example of perseverance and precise ingenuity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend andhero. Respect and resourcefulness followed your lofty andloyal trails of justice being perpetuated properly.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 28, 2021
Evil can be a sticky wicket at times. You were consummate yet as we all understand had a difficult task ahead of you, Officer Cook, serving and protecting life and property here in Dade County. The milemarkers of your morals, mettle and ethically upstanding professional conduct. Always gentle and firm, fair and unbiased. When evil usurped the goodwill of angels of peace and honesty, integrity and dignity are torn apart society has big problems. A life and career accentuated upon the virtues of durability and high visibility always saluted for wisdom and respect. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 28, 2021
The good word is you'll always be saluted, highly regarded and forevermore an angel lending his expertise to eternity by patrolling those sacred gates of valor, wisdom, vision and more. So loyal and esteemed, Dade County, Officer Cook, will never forget your heart and soul sweating and toiling with composed tenacity for our peace of mind and dignity. With heroic integrity a passionate character and convictions all faithfully trusted and true how could anything be amiss? Badge#1664 worked with effort, efficiency and deliberate intuitions. Tranquility could be sensed on the horizons. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 28, 2021
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