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

The roads are lined with many obstacles and sadly many good public servants must navigate around these areas to provide peace and to protect us from danger as you so solemnly and most faithfully did, Officer Cook, over forty-four years ago and you'll never be forgotten as a hero of heart, soul, honor and dignity. You put your integrity, character and both true and trustworthy commitments on the lines, trails and paths in order for violence and evil to be dealt with. Your family, comrades and friends have and will forever appreciate and remember a young man who made his parents proud. Badge#1664 is a reminder of why respect, loyalty and wisdom are have an essential value and role in how we live our daily lives. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 21, 2023

Dade County was a community where your greatest resources, Officer Cook, helped to serve and to protect the citizens needs. Never a more dignified man of heart and soul, a hero so full of unselfish and unwavering diligence. You will be saluted for wisdom, conviction and commitment because of your true character and unrelenting humility that God blessed and now as an angel never a day without remembering a polite and well prepared young man. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Your paths and trails were full of faith, devotion and dedication.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 19, 2023

Fortitude and gratitude graced the sacred pavements of Dade County, Officer Cook, where you heroically established your cherished name with a heart and soul of gold, caring and always thoughtful compassion toward others. Our peace, safety and serenity all came about because of your sacrifice not many would comprehend. Your family dearly loves you and has missed you greatly. A man full of humane, loyal and humbly blessed honor, integrity and dignity that made your character, charm and commitment more outstanding. You are to be saluted for trails and paths of perseverance, persistence and proficiency. They further created the bonds of virtue, vision and wisdom. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 16, 2023

Drove by the sign that bears your heroic name today, Officer Cook. Sad and so very terrible what happened to you 44 years ago protecting the folks of Dade County. Honesty, dignity and integrity were the brimstones that stoked your true and trustworthy paths and trails of unwavering and unselfish dedication, determination and steadfast devotion to be saluted forevermore. Humbleness, class and decency all angelically in heaven watching over your beloved family members, past colleagues and a plethora of friends. Rest in peace my neighbor, friends and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 16, 2023

A delivery who good on his words of humility, heart and heroic honesty. Such a gentleman dignified and full of important integrity who served Dade County with compassion and unselfishness. Officer Cook, you wore badge#1664 complete with virtue, wisdom and the sacred diligence called upon that all who protect must have. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 15, 2023

What dogged determination and such a heroic young man who served Dade County with the utmost loyalty, dignity, honesty and virtuous integrity. Officer Cook, you donned your uniform every watch and humbly blessed your family with uncompromising pride and unselfishly outstanding commitment to excel despite staring you in the eyes that horrible day you were taken from this world. You'll forever be saluted for leading missions of meaning and just journeys of faith, resilience and sure handed resourcefulness, the dedication which breeds bravery and a yearning to rights the ships of serenity, security and safe trails for those who are true to their solemn words of trustworthiness. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Badge#1664 was respect, character, heart, soul and humbleness all a blessing from Our very Creator.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 10, 2023

A tireless hero of heart, soul and protective dedication, Dade County and your family surely misses you very much everyday, Officer Cook. Eternally sheltered by Out Maker your honor, humility, dignity and character of integrity were the consummate and truest of guiding lights for your life and career sadly cut way too short. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Hopefully I'll finally met your friend and comrade, Officer Keith DiGenova when he comes to Miami for Christmas. Another brave man just as Officer Edgerton was. Your heroic legacy remains the constant reminder of how essential it is to return home after your watch safe and sound.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 10, 2023

You left behind such a distinguished and rich legacy, Officer Cook, for others to honorably and heroically follow. A man born with courtesy, politeness and a whole galaxy of dignity, character and integrity galvanizing the very streets of Dade County where you gave your life and career in order that peace and liberty would travel far and wide. The paths and trails of truth, faith and devotion going down the tracks of perseverance and your unselfish and unwavering heart and soul to forevermore be saluted. The sacred virtue, wisdom and vision left within the hearts of your family who always have carried you in their prayers and thoughts. "Uncle Bo" is up in heaven always accentuating his sights on you. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 8, 2023

Dade County is the community where heroic desire, devotion and decency must be displayed along with dignity, integrity and dedication of excellent character which you, Officer Cook, maintained throughout your life and relatively all too brief career. Sad when a man sacrifices for the goodwill of mankind and yet you'll be solemnly saluted for bravery, wisdom and virtue beyond the calls of duty. A great gentleman gone before his time and now an eternal angel of humanity, humbleness and blessings for having an unselfish and unrelenting heart and soul. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Truth and trust are a man and woman's best partners in enhancing our society.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 7, 2023

Officer Cook, you were determined and consummate in all your heroically loyal actions that made Dade County safer and more secure. A visionary warrior of honor, dignity and integrity whose life and career sadly were cut short because of one man's heinous actions that tragic day you were called back to heaven. Character, commitment and conviction that were true and trustworthy, your paths and trails were paved with unselfish diligence, vigilance and humane and cherished virtue, vision and wisdom. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. A man so purposeful and deliberate in your actions savvy and bold which delivered the much needed serenity to your beloved family and community.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 6, 2023

A man built on morals, scruples and the very values that served and preserved the inner integrity, dignity and character of Dade County, Officer Cook and your heroism shall always remain cherished, loyal and humbly blessed and esteemed. Your family and department will never forget a gentleman whose life and professional career was the epitome of class, decency and total dedication to the perilous jobs at hand. Wisdom, vision and sacred missions put forth on behalf of mankind's trails of truth and trust. Rest in peace neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 3, 2023

Character builds heart, heroic soul and humbleness and all of yours, Officer Cook, was supremely blessed by Our Creator. You were a young man whose confidence never wavered nor eroded as you patrolled and protected the citizens of Dade County with dignity, integrity and vitally important commitment and intuition. Intelligence, diligence, truth and trust following you down those paths of devotion, determination, wisdom and dedication that are angelically sealed in heaven's gates of gallantry and spirit. Your will forever be saluted as it watches over your beloved and esteemed family members who carry your legacy with sanctity and clarity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 2, 2023

If faith shakes the world then serenity makes its axis run more smoother. Simply put you were heroic, honest and humbly blessed, Officer Cook, with character and commitment to serve Dade County and your integrity and stellar dignity were your best partners in life and during your quarter of a century in law enforcement. Always deeply loved, adored and certainly loyal, your earthly journeys and missions all steered more into the eyes of humanity and we salute your efforts of wisdom, vision and accountability. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. God has His angel of valor forever encased in His perfect plains of perseverance and proficiency.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 1, 2023

You were so honest, beloved and heroic, Officer Cook and Dade County was where your unassuming, unselfish and unwavering perseverance saved lived everyday. A gentleman of character, dignity and integrity who protected the citizens with your angelic heart and soul that was robbed from you. We won't ever forget you and will salute your savvy, wisdom, versatility and vision all sacredly spread throughout your community where you remain adored and esteemed.Loyalty, truth and trust go humbly down the paths of faith, dedication and resourcefulness. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 1, 2023

The smallest amount of loyalty, honesty and esteem can travel a long way towards peace and you, Officer Cook, surely enhanced Dade County with heroic character, integrity and dignity never to be forgotten as we salute your kind and humble heart, soul and now angelic spirit. Your family passes down your legacy as they live they purposeful lives of contentment and unwavering faith the very same devotion and dedication of which you lived your solemn life and career performed according to the highest of moral standards. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

October 31, 2023

With a love of life and a zest for yearning to be the very best officer, you, Officer Cook, carried out all your earthly missions with heroic honor, a doubled down dignity and integrity beyond the letter of the law. A man who took his solemn onuses very seriously and without any doubts. Class, decency and character all from how you and your sister, Nancy were both raised by loving and devoted parents may they rest in peace along with my neighor, friend and hero. An angel of fortitude, faith and ferocity bearing your unselfish and unwavering heart everyday to protect the loyalty and esteem of all Dade County. Never a day withour remembering you and the trails of true trust you created for others who have taken your watch. May they be safe and return to their families in that same heroic and humane manner.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

October 28, 2023

No additives are needed when you joined your department, Officer Cook. You exerted very ounce of energy, heart and heroically cherished soul to preserve and to protect the safety, character, integrity and dignity of all Dade County and its citizens. Always most loyal, vigilant and highly reliable, your life and career was exemplified by the highest of morals, values and scruples. Your family has missed you tremendously all these decades later as they pursue their lives with the very same instincts of wisdom, sanctity and virtue as you performed your humble and humanely perilous responsibilities daily and you will be saluted and never forgotten by anyone. Unselfish, unwavering and relentlessly faithful until your last breath may Our Creator hold you in His arms as an angel of courage as you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero of truth, trust and convictions so crystal clear and precise.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

October 27, 2023

We the people of Dade County are grateful and appreciate very much what you did, Officer Cook, sacrificing your sacred life of heart and soul, heroism and character to make peace and serenity a cherished part of our very lives. A man of dignity, integrity and commitment who undertook his onuses with every letter of morals, values and ethics always being so loyal as you exercised fundamentals and ferocity throughout your vested trails of true trust and you'll forevermore be saluted and paid homage for saving your comrades that fateful day God took you back home. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Wisdom, vision and virtue may just last for a moment your legacy as a heroic angel is to treasured for eternity.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

October 26, 2023

A grown man should always be ready to face His maker. But, no one expected your life, Officer Cook, to end as it did even while carrying out your sacred and heroically honorable duties on behalf of Dade County's residents. The serenity, peace and dignity all gathered under one roof just as your integrity and character shined brightly as did your wisdom, virtue and commitments to excel beyond your dangerous missions of which you'll be saluted and solemnly remembered for cherished loyalty as all your fellow colleagues would attest. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Angels abound everywhere in the skies above. Your sweet face,heart and soul was unselfish, undaunted and most perseverning.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

October 24, 2023

You were so humble, honorable and most heroic, Officer Cook. Dade County has changed quite a lot since you gave your life for their welfare and safety. A man whose trails of integrity, dignity and character never strayed from their course. A gentleman of consummation who validated his missions of faith, heart and hope with fairness and the courtesies expected of each public servant and we salute your wisdom, virtue and versatility. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend, hero and angel. The world and your family lost a great man whose legacy stands tall as a cherished and loyal soul of diligent and resilient endeavor.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

October 24, 2023

A gentleman of gallantry, grit and gumption whose life and professional public service career protected and served his community of Dade County with heroic heart and soul supported by the posts and ethics of honesty, dignity and integrity. You surely, Officer Cook,lived your life with a purpose and a passion so humbly esteemed as a loyal fellow officer who gave the ultimate sacrifice of commitment and character to strengthen the bonds of serenity, safety and prosperity for all citizens. You'll never be forgotten and always saluted for loyalty, conviction and the true trustworthiness that makes those who wear a badge special human beings. A talanted man of values and scruples who contributed greatly to our society and who is missed beyond any words. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Badge#1664 was respectful, virtuous and wise above the crowd.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

October 23, 2023

A young man who embraced the warmth and love of his family,community and police department and who made a most notable and heroic difference here in Dade County. Officer Cook, your dignity, honesty and reverent integrity and character won't be forgotten only saluted for its virtue and wisdom. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

October 22, 2023

Officer Cook, you were your family's hero and knight in shining armor who served and saved lives of those residing in Dade County and you'll be saluted forever. Integrity, a blessed and respectful heart and soul of virtue,dignity and character that was true and trustworthy commitment. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

October 20, 2023

A true leader, a legend whose heroic name shall be honored, revered and solemnly saluted for aiding and preserving Dade County. You remain cherished by all, Officer Cook, as God has your angelic heart and soul sheltered in His kingdom under his compassionate wings of perfect wisdom and virtue that you too possessed. Integrity, blessed dignity and character so clear and precise as were your patrols of perseverance and unselfish fortitude and dedication. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Decency and desire guided your missions and journeys of faith and resolve.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

October 19, 2023

A gentleman born with honesty, class, dignity and integrity all heroic and all from your relentless heart and soul of wisdom and virtue, Officer Cook. Dade County was well protected and well patrolled under your watch of character, trust and true convictions, commitments and versatility. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

October 18, 2023

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