Metro-Dade Police Department, Florida
End of Watch Wednesday, May 16, 1979
Reflections for Police Officer William Coleman Cook
Sadly, I was not there that tragic day you were taken by violence, Officer Cook, to take your hand and to hold you until help arrived to try and save your life. Dade County and your beloved family lost a valued member of their force and a man steeped in the rich traditions of honesty,integrity and dignity all lending a helping hand to attempt to get an evil man to give himself up before things mushroomed out of kilter. You were so consummate, brave and for having the grit to battle adversity may your spirit rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 29, 2021
The hopes of mankind were humbly, heroically and honorably served by your sweet and sense of direction, Officer Cook. Dade County was more than blessed by vigilance. virtue and versatility. It was protected by your passionate heart, soul and trust,the truth never going astray. The citizens purpose and security was gained by your most unselfish and tireless wisdom, energy and bountiful vision and maturity beyond the crowd. Now as one of God's finest angels do you share an important job and that's to watch over His perfect gates. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 29, 2021
When shackled by serious problems and troubles all public servants turn to their arsenal of blessed and honored acumen, virtual awareness and the astuteness that is essential in solving conflict. You displayed a wealth of know how and knowledge to see your patrols and journeys to completion, Officer Cook, on behalf of Dade County's citizens. Your dignity and integrity rode with your beloved heart and soul and where your spirit of respect and character rests in peace my neighbor,friend and hero, it will always be greatly remembered, solemnly saluted and forever cherished for its humility and devotion.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 29, 2021
Wisdom and vision spring the facets of maturity and resolve. With your relentless virtue and vitality, Officer Cook, did you patrol Dade County achieving a broad scope of serenity, security and safe havens for mankind. Humility and honor saluted for their dignity and integrity that attracted the attention of a community that continues to respect, admire and revere your most blessed and cherished name. God has His angel of valor so principled and so authentically capable. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Your genes flowed with goodwill,good nature and hope for peace and happiness just too bad you could not be alive to see your undying and unwavering endeavors building newer foundations throuhgout your venue.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 29, 2021
A lion's heart and soul searching for opportunity to create a difference within the perimeters of Dade County and your willingness, honor and heroism, Officer Cook, created a bond to last forevermore. Always composed and relatively calm under pressure it's your desire, dignity and integrity that stood their grounds to battle evil and worse adversities. Never will your character,commitments and convictions all faithful and truly trusted be forgotten. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 29, 2021
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
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