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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

Every morsel of honesty, integrity and dignity that you had, Officer Cook, was heroically utilized to serve Dade County and its residents. Keeping law and order while staying truthful and trustworthy is not simple and routine. Every moment your attention had to be focused upon preservation and protecting the ingenuity and values of life. Its purposes and callings are all too valuable and at times most vulnerable. With heart and virtue did you perform your most tireless, unselfish and undying duties toward humanity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 29, 2021

Police utilize their abilities and humility to broker deals and to stave off harm to a community. Dade County was a special venue where your virtue and valor, Officer Cook, patrolled those hollow grounds looking for stability and safety for all to pass through. A real nice man with such a good heart tragically taken for his family and peers while performing such necessary duties all willingly accounted for no reservations! Integrity and dignity all blessed and given their humbleness by Our Creator. Your spirit, Officer Cook, will be around for eternity as you walk your beat with God's perfect balance of perfection assisting you every step. Rest in peace my neighbor,friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 28, 2021

Violence chokes the living life out of mankind. It's a vice like grip that does not want to let go. You kept up the pressure, Officer Cook and with your proficiency that assignments were handled with care and humility. Your sense of leadership and direction probably was headed further up those ladders of dignity,integrity and whatever ingenuity and character you constantly had. Dade County will never be the same without your vim,vigor and vitality. Such capacity to undertake your roles without any wavering,dodging onus and always being relied upon and accountable. A man whose heroic legacy stands firm and forever loyal to your colleagues and family members. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 28, 2021

Whenever I drive by a tennis court I think of you, Officer Cook as you must have enjoyed your exercise along with your friend and hero, Officer Keith DiGenova. Cannot forget nor overlook what he and Officer Robert Edgerton meant to Dade County as survivor heroes while their humanely honored and dignified comrade gave his life trying to stop a wayward man from harming his girlfriend and other citizens of Dade County. A gentleman with truth and trust worn succinctly on a uniform of vigilance, responsibility and all the efforts that comes from desire and dedication. Society has treasured you, Officer Cook, for a caring heart, a soul of wisdom and surely for possessing mettle, morals and values to be etched upon the poles, signs and walls within the community you called home. Never forgotten and forever a warrior of resiliency. Rest in peace my neighbor,friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 28, 2021

In God's kingdom nothing will ever harm His most sacred and notable angels of integrity, honesty and dignity. For it was found in their genes of gallantry where goodwill,hope and faithfulness relied upon each other to conquer violence. That's for sure and your life,career and family, Officer Cook, meant the whole world to you and I'm sure they cry from time to time missing you tremendously. Such an unassuming and tireless hero who dug deep within the roads of Dade County to implant some staple of harmony and freedom for all to thrive. Certainly an angel now blessed forevermore as your wisdom,vision and maturity is being passed on down to countless other comrades who continue your journeys of esteem. We salute your valor and versatile heart, soul and spirit as you rest in peace my neighbor,friend and hero along with your beloved parents also so devout,loyal and honorable.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 28, 2021

Virtue is humbly achieved when success is heroically given. Such sacred honesty, integrity and dignity, Officer Cook, all handled with class, decency and the assurances of keeping Dade County and its folks safe from evil. The saddest part of your life and career was of course when you were taken while performing your earthly missions of goodwill and hope. Humility and heart beat within your reverent character and loyalest of commitments to pride and excelling in fulfilling your roles of tenacity undertaken for a supreme purpose. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 28, 2021

When the chains of calamity come cascading down upon society it was up to your truthful, trusted and heroically honest intuitions, Officer Cook, that rescued the citizens of Dade County from impending harm. So resourceful, dignified and a man intense and full of integrity, character and respect, may your heart, soul and spirit of humility and strength be blessed and rewarded for its acumen,vision and wisdom. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 28, 2021

Just as a bear swims in water to catch salmon and other fish to consume, just as they go into forests searching for honey, your pursuits, Officer Cook, took you around the corridors of Dade County a community where you were employed as a public servant so genuinely concerned with the people whom you undertook an affirmation to solemnly protect, your life and career of humility never detoured and never did you acquit yourself with less than one-hundred percent. You can be your family's warrior and your peers of the past and present did not forget a mighty man, a hero with a golden legacy of courage and excellent conduct, the values and ideals to be treasured, blessed and rewarded for their cunning leadership and directional signals. You are to be commended and gracefully honored. Rest in peace my neighbor,friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 27, 2021

A gentleman with an iron will standing guard ready and willing to battle adversity with all his mind, heart and soul giving every ounce of breath to free Dade County and its residents from the clutches of heinousness. Every minute and every last second, Officer Cook, you gave honesty, dignity and integrity a humble hoist right into the fray to clear the traps of evil. Such terror obviously belongs not on the streets, peace and trust stand better as one with true and reverence. Forever loyal and easygoing, a surely model angel of purpose,passion and comprehending accomplishment not letting it travel to your brain and never a boaster. All humbleness and all a respect for society. Rest in peace my neighbor,friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 27, 2021

Adored, admired and acclaimed your heroic career and humble life, Officer Cook, has not been shelved nor overlooked. It's also never be forgotten for strength of heart, respect, character and commitments to everything loyal and blessed in the good names pride and excellence display. You demonstrated why you belonged in Dade County toiling and turning those pages of prudent resolve and proficiency. You gave your life so security, safety and enhanced happiness, tranquility and prosperity would never be in name only. The days will come when your family besides your beloved parents may they rest in peace along with you my neighbor,friend and hero will reunite. For now as they carry the torch of your legacy may beauty,wisdom and vision serve as their aspirations as they solemnly and humanely remember their "Uncle Bo." A trusted and truthful defender of the people. Words are empty unless fulfilled by action because evil is not wandering away without a battle and your fought those wars on your turf of ferocity and humility.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 27, 2021

As sturdy as an oak tree, your unrelenting and unwavering marches forward, Officer Cook, brought new sustenance to Dade County. It's where their hopes, dreams and aspirations could realize success because of your honorable and most humbly dignified heroism. Such heart,class and character all directed with integrity back into the veins of humanity which has missed you as much as your loving family. So skillful and talented, God gave you to your parents for twenty-five all too short years of life sadly snatched away by a very evil and wanton man. His domestic outrage just pathetic and terrorizing. You placed sanity,civility and humility where it was supposed to be, Officer Cook and make no mistake resolve, efficiency and valor all showed themselves and accounted for your outstanding and dutiful performance in saving the people and your comrades from certain death. God took His angel of resolve and tenacity back to heaven to begin the next chapter of your eternal life patrolling those pearly gates. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 27, 2021

The sights are set to fix the ailments of mankind. Nothing set in stone only your undying and tireless energy being applied to service and in performing your rigorous tasks where danger searches to unplug the vehicles where virtue, valor and vigilance travel. You made Dade County proper and fitting once more, Officer Cook and your style seemed to have been successful. Dignity, character, commitment and honest integrity all beating those bushes of boldness looking for some semblance of wisdom, vision and of course your profound maturity all way ahead of anyone else. Trust, truth and heart seasoned those sacred pilgrimages of strength and humility nothing finer than a gentleman more than pulling his own weight. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 27, 2021

Speedbumps are supposed to slow us down and yet police work requires durability, punctuality, accountability and respectability. All the ability of humility going from door to door to preserve, protect and save lives. Officer Cook, your charming smile and yet seriousness all formed a plausible combination of stability,dignity and the hopes that Dade County would be safe from harm and for six inspiring years of sweat and toil they were. You'll remain a blessed and loyal angel who now walks a heavenly beat. Perfect without anymore harm coming your direction. For outstanding service and bravery we all offer you a humble salute and may God bless your entire family in their trails of peace and liberty. Badge#1664 fought long and hard for punctual stability and reason. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 27, 2021

The days are getting longer and the nights are growing darker. That awful day, Officer Cook, forty-two years ago when you sacrificed your young life on behalf of Dade County for the citizens to live more purposeful days and nights of silence and security. Your heart and soul were like an angel they are now in eternity where dignity, character and integrity shine brightly. We must pay heed to humility and the strength of your solid heart and undying soul that created a cornerstone of courage that enhanced, uplifted and boldly made its rounds of relevance around a place you called home with your beloved Karen. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Diligence and pride surrounded truth and trust at their sides.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 27, 2021

Lambs may be consumed but heroes and heroines are to be saluted, honored and blessed for their wisdom, acumen and versatile feats of hope and goodwill all your faithfulness shining brightly forever in God's glowing gallery of gallantry. Dade County was where your smile and humble personality fit perfectly, Officer Cook. Always your family's true warrior and always so humanely treasured, dignified and passionate of your work dangerous yet proof of perseverance always full of integrity. It's located in intuition, ingenuity and real intelligence that can better ward off evil and you saw to that never running from obligations of sacred proportions. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 27, 2021

Hustle provides a spark and one spark can create a fire of brilliance. One sure young man, honest, diligent and duly devoted to protecting the inner and outer regions of Dade County. Yes, Officer cook, dignity, integrity and the legacy of your heroic endeavors that shall be loyally revered, admired and humbly remembered. Such unassuming and unselfish character all truthful, all trusted,its humility and heart won't be forgotten for they have built newer bridges and roads by which to pass into serenity all for a sounder future of which you should have been allowed to be a vital part of. You forevermore are important, essential and always well regarded. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 27, 2021

There still seems to be a sea of senseless violence being committed against the goodwill of society. What any public servant can do is maintain coolness and try and remain calm during tense moments. You kept your wits about you, Officer Cook and gave Dade County the most integral service of class, decency and honesty. Your integrity and dignity, respectful character and scruples will forever be angelic as your heart, soul and spirit circles around heaven. Always saluted and solemnly cherished. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 27, 2021

A trail of trust and truth leaves more than a dent upon the eyes of our society. Our world constantly changes and you made that definite change, Officer Cook, that steered Dade County into a more prominent role. Your responsibility and virtue saw to the details of your unassuming,unwavering,unselfish and most undying senses of awareness. Always so prompt, punctual and surely a man with a heart and soul dedicated to the causes and purposes of peace and its freedom that mankind yearns and craves for. Heroism and loyalty were and are certainly how you are going to be remembered and solemnly saluted. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 26, 2021

Hope must spring more than eternally. There cannot ever be leaks and holes that must be patched and plugged if any yearning for progress can proceed forward. Nothing can derail nor detour a good man of honor from his appointed rounds of resolve, respect and resiliency. They didn't, Officer Cook and for this Dade County's citizens can be mighty proud to have had your virtue and vigilance validating their humane presences. Peace and reverence must somehow or another grow from admiration and sincerity and with your measures of integrity,ingenuity and intuition everything placed on your platters of perseverance were accomplished with grit and gumption, with a beloved heart and aware soul of vision. wisdom and maturity beyond the crowd. Rest in peace my neighbor,friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 26, 2021

The blood flowing in your heart and lungs, Officer Cook, was red of course, but even more it was all the result of tireless energy and a passionate resolve to display such fine ethics and professional conduct bestowed upon the eyes of humanity at all times and moments. When violence struck Dade County you were there accountable and punctual to head off any unwanted advances. Adversity can surely stymie the progress of fruitful missions all taken on behalf of both Our Lord and mankind in general. Gone too soon but never far from your beloved family, colleagues and close personal friends. A kinship was formed as well as bridges,goodwill and hope for a safer and more structured future just would have been much better if God had allowed you to live and see your work and toil at hand. The heavens are filled with angels full of dignity,integrity and humble virtue. Your blessed name my neighbor, friend and hero lives on in spirit. Rest in peace.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 26, 2021

When a quandary arises police must make a quantum leap of honest faith, heroic integrity and the instilling of dignity to stifle any serious troubles and circumstances that may crop up. You kept tranquility, stability and your versatility chugging forward, Officer Cook and the people of Dade County won't forget such a sweet and well mannered gentleman of trust and truth all surrounding your most sacred and faithfully executed missions and journeys so cherished and so humbly blessed and noble. The character, commitments to excellence and pride and the resourceful convictions are now forever in eternity patrolling the sacred gates of bravery. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 26, 2021

Loving and accomodating, Dade County cherished you, Officer Cook and have remembered a solemn life of toil and tenacity being distributed throughout your community. Every avenue of awareness, acumen and astuteness was well blessed and surely remains as treasured as does your heroic honor, integrity and dignity all poured forth with a genuine heart and soul so angelic as your spirit soars higher in heaven. Foundations created with a balance of sanctity, humility and determination. Rest in peace my neighbor,friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 26, 2021

Accountable, dependable and reliable, such feats are reserved for those honest, humble and heroic men and women who wear a badge of integrity, dignity and character. Your stoic life and career, Officer Cook, accentuated your tireless and unselfish heart and soul that strived to protect and keep Dade County safe from danger. Such a loving husband, caring son and devoted brother who left this world all too soon but will forever be saluted for bravery and building future cornerstones of humanity by virtue of versatility and vigilance. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 26, 2021

Public service is where the public eyes and ears hear and witness your every move. Your bosses, Officer Cook, noticed excellence and thus you were able and capable of commanding other honest and trusted comrades throughout Dade County and its various venues. Vigilant, virtuous and forever loyal and treasured and with your energetic heart and enriching soul were the tasks, responsibilities and jobs able to be carried out and completed. Sad and terrible Our Creator deemed your young life and versatile career as finished and then He shuttled your spirit to heaven to conduct a more eternal assignment with your uplifting and outstanding character, it never wavered nor gave up. Capitulation was not in your drawer and uniform. A badge worn with adherence, blessing and now they are all forevermore cherished and duly admired. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 25, 2021

With your personality and bright eyed smile, Officer Cook, I don't ever think you were hot tempered nor were you one to lose his emotions even during adversity and stressful moments while securing the peace and liberty of all Dade County. A community where you were beloved,respected and very humble in and out of your professional onuses toward mankind. A symbol of courage and diligence with your unassuming good nature and goodwill, honesty, integrity and dignity were surely going to combat any terror and trouble that would navigate your direction. Your pathways and trails of truth, trust and resolution were unbending and unrelenting. Tireless energy from your heart and gumption from a soul of gladness that should be present today to lend its hands at striking and stamping out evil. Such class, decency and desire are all in God's thick skies of perfection and gallantry where heroes soar and continue guarding the pearly gates. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. A man and a gentleman girded by reverence and blessed with acumen,vision,wisdom and all the vehicles of maturity beyond the crowd. God rewards His righteous flock of men and women and punishes those who stray from His purposes and blueprints of conduct and character.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 25, 2021

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