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

You summoned the courage, commitments and unwavering convictions, Officer Cook, to heroically make Dade County your beloved home and community safer. For all your loyalty and esteem may Our Master shelter your sweet and virtuous soul of serenity forever in eternity where dignity, humbleness and your blessed honor and integrity rest in peace forever my neighbor, friend and hero. Character and trustworthiness all traveled down the paths and trails of truth.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

October 17, 2023

Dade County has tried to persevere since the Lord called you back to heaven, Officer Cook, because of one man acting violently against police. Dignity, courage,integrity and your heart were as heroic as they come. Loyalty to be saluted and forever treasured by your family and the world. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

October 16, 2023

Dedication is truth, trust and fortitude multiplied by character, honesty, dignity and integrity. your humbly blessed and heroic life and career serving Dade County, Officer Cook, was the prime example of values, ethics and principles that you were raised with. The citizens of whom you protected andyour beloved and loving family have never forgotten you. You are a a man who is perpetually saluted for having the awareness, virtue and wisdom following you down the trails and paths of dependability and onuses for which you were a solemn public servant now walking your angelic beat above. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

October 15, 2023

Dade County received heroic honor, decency and the dignity that dwells inside integrity's character, commitment and conviction. They were your values, scruples and highly regarded principlesof your faith and humanely loyal righteousness, Officer Cook. All were consummately placed in harm's way to serve and to protect the fortitude of your beloved community. We forevermore salute you for virtue, wisdom and the vision that was sought after just as your advice. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

October 14, 2023

Officer Cook, a great man, a gentle and heroic heart and soul enhancing the peace and quietness of Dade County. Your dignity and integrity will forever be saluted. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

October 13, 2023

You'll always be honored, saluted and hailed as a brave and heroic man of character, dignity and integrity, Officer Cook. A young man of humble, loyal and cherished virtue, wisdom and vision so versatile and sacred in all your beloved and faithful journeys and missions of heart and soul poured forth to give Dade County a semblance of unity, peace and prosperity. Your loved ones carry forth your missions of hope, gladness and the goodwill that galvanized your community. A commitment of intuition, intelligence and ingenuity all watched and prepared by Our Maker who now has badge#1664 near Him forever as you walk your pearly beat above. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Resiliency, proficiency and efficiency marked your true and trustworthy trails of justice.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

October 12, 2023

A solemn bond of affirmation, Officer Cook, was your fiercest dedication and devotion to the citizens of Dade County whom you protected and served with your heroic heart and soul along with outstanding character, engaging the pangs of both integrity and dignity which served you well. Just really tragic that your life and career ended the way it did against the very evil and violence that you fought against providing us with serenity and safe harbors of trust and truth walking down the pathways of bravery, sanctity and virtue all from your wise spirit and graceful smile that is sincerely missed by all as your family carries forth your legacy of justice done properly. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Commitment, intuition and ingenuity powered your patience and perseverance skillfully through the streets where you patrolled with loyalty and esteem.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

October 9, 2023

Resilient, resolved and heroically honorable, your life and career, Officer Cook, serving the people of Dade County will always remain cherished and surely dignified for integrity, character and loyal commitment supported your heart, soul and spirit of compassion now your family takes firm hold of your heroic legacy every moment of their lives as they solemnly remember their "Uncle Bo." Never forgotten and forever saluted for wisdom, bravery and the sacred journeys you maintained. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

October 6, 2023

A hero's hero, a man of humility, heart and character all crafted and constructed quite carefully along with your loyal soul and commitment, Officer Cook. To see Dade County through the turmoil and troubles that put the citizens in danger as well as its very able bodied public servants of dignity, integrity and virtue. Your wisdom and vision surely steers the true and trustworthy paths of those who don a uniform and your beloved family that carries you in their hearts and minds everyday as they have missed you terribly. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. It's absolute acumen, awareness and dedication that supported the pillars of your all essential watch over your cherished community.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

October 5, 2023

The basics of honesty, integrity and dignity were well polished and maintained by you, Officer Cook as you performed your daily duties on behalf of Dade County. A man with a heart and soul of compassion, virtue, wisdom and consideration who patrolled the very perilous streets with character, class and bravery to be reverently saluted forevermore. A gentleman loyal, humble and beloved by his family who carries your heroic legacy everyday upon their humbly blessed shoulders of truth and trust the same traits you faithfully possessed. May you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Commitment and values kept us serenely safe.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

October 4, 2023

Reflection is essential when describing a hero's life and career of sincerity, honesty, dignity and integrity. Your life, Officer Cook, was spread far and wide here in Dade County where you'll forever remain cherished and loyal to a tee. A man with real character, the class of commitment and the consideration of a humbly blessed warrior who provided our basis for happiness, peace and prosperity. Now for eternity an angel whose heroism continues broadening our very horizons. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

October 3, 2023

Dedication is determination and devotion coupled together as the pillars of dignity, integrity and honesty. Dade County was where our preservation and protection was guarded by you, Officer Cook. So dearly beloved and adored by your family, peers and many friends. Serenity and safety provided by a man of faith, goodwill and the virtue of a gentleman with character, commitment and class, decency and desire uplifted now and forevermore in the heaven's above as an angel of valor and wisdom many times above the crowd. Badge#1664 was about community, respect and resiliency so very much missed. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Your accomplishments stand as the yardstick for which those who have taken over your valued watch must follow in truth and in trust.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

October 2, 2023

Dedication and devotion are the pillars of perseverance and the support rods of dignity, honesty and integrity which you steadfastly maintained, Officer Cook, heroically while you served and protected the people of Dade County. With unrelenting resolve and humbly blessed wisdom and virtue were you able to perform your missions of resolve and diligence so very consummately and most assuredly. A man of character, class and commitment whose angelic heart and soul now hover above in heaven watching over your beloved family and the rest of humanity. Your community saluted you and your fighting bravery, so bold like an eagle and yet so gentle and pleasant of a human being. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 29, 2023

Talented and skillful, your mortal heart and soul were surely blessed in abundance, Officer Cook, by Our Maker who watched over your patrols for peace, safety and stability over Dade County where its people have saluted virtue, humbleness and the eyes of goodwill, faithfulness and both true and trustworthy honesty, dignity and integrity always cherished and never forgotten. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero of character, decency, devotion, class and dedication to all your toughest of battles. A life cut short but yet well lived. Your spirit continues to hover over your loved ones carrying your heroic legacy onward.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 28, 2023

A good man, a sincere heart and soul, all heroic, Officer Cook, just the kind of public servant gallant and dignified, a gentleman of class, honor and integrity who shall be saluted for being Dade County's warrior in shining truth, trust and commitments in character and conviction. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. An angel whose legacy stands tall and humbly blessed.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 27, 2023

Officer Cook, your honor, heart, soul and character were your good graces that championed the dignity, integrity and safety of all Dade County residents. You will be saluted for virtue, versatility and the wisdom of courage, commitment and trusted and true convictions. Your trails and paths are forevermore paved for those who have taken over your cherished watch. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Humane and diligent all protected and preserved the serenity so essential to carrying your blessed and respected name forward.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 26, 2023

Rays of resolve, reverence and resiliency always shined down upon your humble, honorable and heroic soul and heart, Officer Cook. When dignity, integrity, character, class and commitment rose up to strike down violence and evil here in Dade County badge#1664 and your uniform of humanity, wisdom and virtue were consummately present and full of endeavor and efficiency to complete those sacred onuses, journeys and missions blessed by God's perfect compassion. Never forgotten and forevermore loyal and cherished. We salute a man who legendary name stands forever enshrined in the history of Dade County law enforcement. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 25, 2023

Our Lord may You in your truest perfection and humble compassion shine Your rays of humility, goodwill, faith and hope down upon, Officer Cook's entire family, colleagues and many close friends. Your blessings upon his most heroic heart and soul followed him down his trails of truth and trust and allowed his abilities all created in dignity, integrity, character and commitment as they never faltered and provided the basis for Dade County's peace and security to be perpetual. May you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 24, 2023

Dade County and mankind can only marvel at your humbly honorable and humanely heroic feats of bravery, Officer Cook. Where dignity, integrity, commitment and character were so consummately sacred and invaluable. You will never be forgotten for sacrificing your life, a life of fortitude, truth and trust to go along with your considerate and compassionate heart and soul now an angel for eternity as you watch over your family from heaven. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Wisdom and diligence, virtue, vision and vigilance all implanting an inspiring legacy to be forever shared, remembered, saluted and adored.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 23, 2023

Grit, gumption and pure desire and heroism until the end. Yes, Officer Cook, you gave your sacred life and career to see the movement of peace and security all throughout Dade County your community where you remain so dearly beloved. A man of devout faith, honesty, dignity and integrity with a most blessed and diligent character, heart and soul of resourceful virtue who will be forevermore saluted for protected the public. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 22, 2023

Yes, a life can be tragically stolen but memories can never be taken away from loved ones even with a gaping hole left by one's death. You sacrificed yourprecious life and career, Officer Cook, in order for the citizens of Dade County to see the fruitions of peace and your labors of heart, soul, humble blessings and dignity shall never be forgotten nor will your character, wisdom and virtue all filled with integrity, trust and truth an angel in heaven watching us as your family carries your heroic legacy forward in their sacred and humane missions and journeys of goodwill and faith. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 21, 2023

A gentleman so accurate and precise in all areas of honesty, integrity, dignity and character so true to form, loyal and heroically cherished forever by his loving family and department. Pinpoint as you were all the time, Officer Cook, Dade County will never stop forgetting and appreciating you for your kind heart, warm soul and a spirit tied near Our Creator's arms of compassion and humility all perfect as you continue walking your heavenly beat. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Always an angel of trust and every thread and fiber of ferocity and tenacity going down those trails and paths of perseverance and due diligence.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 20, 2023

Your heroic honor, humbleness, integrity and dignity, Officer Cook, approached each spot in and around Dade County wirh grace,charm and loyalty and no matter the issue you were consummate in all your efforts making your legacy of character,heart, virtue and truthful trust stand tall above the field. You'll alway sbe saluted for courage, class, dedication and for implanting distinction within the souls of mankind. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 19, 2023

Dade County, Officer Cook, was where your heoric and strong heart and soul provided the warmth, charm and chsarisma essential to our safe trails and stabilizing serenity. You'll always be solemnly and humbly be saluted and remembered for character, dignity and intgegrity sovital to your missions of goodwill, faith and true trust. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 18, 2023

Heaven is where your heroism, honor, dignity and integrity forever reside, Officer Cook. Your family and Dade County miss you terribly. A man of true faith, character, trust and unwavering commitment who is saluted for his courage and virtue. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 16, 2023

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