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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

Reciprocate and be honorably resourceful, your life and career will at least have a semblance of meaning, truth and trust. With unending virtue, vigilance and valor, Officer Cook, Dade County was well provided and protected during your sincere and serene watch. One now continuing its trails in God's holy venues of heaven where the skies above are always aglow with your humbleness, dignity and integrity all balancing the ledger sheets of your sweet heart and youthful serenity. A gentleman with wholesome character, reverence and mindful determination. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 30, 2021

With a strong heart, keen mind and sharp eyes, Officer Cook,your undivided heroism reached out to everyone included those whom you served and risked your career and life for in Dade County. Never more a wonderful young man engaging and educating others regarding your dedication and what it took for you to motivate and to direct colleagues through the bushes and shrubs of evil. danger is sadly found anywhere it can grasp hold of us and it is found in the excellence of those whose intelligence, ingenuity and intuitions is at a higher sphere.Your maturity, wisdom and vision my neighbor, friend and hero are all forever angelic gently touching family, peers and friends all around the world. The globe of life never stops and your pathways should not have ended nearly forty-two years ago. Rest in peace.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 30, 2021

Elucidate but don't be too elaborate. Be honest, humbly dignified and carry your composed and respectful character proudly while performing your professional missions. Your earthly journeys on behalf of Dade County, Officer Cook, were all legislated in yearning, learning and the virtues of healthy versatility all in humanity's name. Sacred and serene, our tranquility comes as result of your tireless and unselfish sacrifice to serve nature and mankind with more uplifting enhancement. Forever loyal,true and trusted as a mighty warrior. Rest in peace my neighbor,friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 30, 2021

Consideration, cooperation and coordination must be sacredly and humbly united as one in order to battle and fights against the atrocities of this world. Your demeanor and dignity, Officer Cook, did everything that Dade County and its citizens asked of you. Their hero and your family's hero of honor, character, commitment and the pride that you took to the streets each and everyday to protect the humility of mankind. For bravery, virtue and much more may your heart, soul and spirit be saluted, blessed and humanely rewarded for their loyal and most faithfully trusted and truthful efforts placed forth. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 30, 2021

Support and composure rest upon the very souls and hearts of heroes who display the noble honor and dignity to serve an integral calling where integrity, trust and truth must meet together. You demonstrated goodwill, sanctity and humility throughout your life and career preserving life and property in Dade County, Officer Cook, where your loyalty and scruples remain cherished. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 29, 2021

You faced consternation with a positive tone, Officer Cook and for facing adversity and using your very special elements of effort, integrity and dignity so trusted and truthful may you be granted heavenly slumber as an angel so adored and sincere. Your conduct and professionalism reflected your both due diligence and versatile vigilance. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Dade County has not forgotten you nor your legacy.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 29, 2021

Your face, Officer Cook, was always happy and aglow with a smile that touched your beloved family and all who knew you. Dade County certainly did and for spreading harmony,hope and goodwill may Our Lord shed His divine grace upon your soul of integrity,honor and sacred dignity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 29, 2021

The molds of meaningful and morally fundamental work on your behalf, Officer Cook, will never be overlooked even as decades have passed since you were taken from your family, department and the entire world. One a little less safer by your absence. Your dignity,honesty and humble integrity was unselfish and never wavered through danger. Dade County streets were kept tranquil because of your heart and concern. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 29, 2021

Humbly polished, a caliber of class not always witnessed and versatility to earthly in all your missions to restore peace and calm here in Dade County, Officer Cook. A noble public servant blessed with acumen, integrity and both true and loyal dignity that put forth endeavor to be humanely saluted. Rest in peace my neighbor,friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 29, 2021

Such a fine and honorable man uplifting the faithfulness and hearts of all humanity. For these heroic acts, Officer Cook, may God uplift your heart, soul and spirit in heaven for having served and saved Dade County from more peril that tragic day. An angel packed with virtue and courage whose dignity, integrity and ingenuity all battled against evil. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 29, 2021

Balloons, birds and kites are released into the sky symbolizing the soul and spirit being set free to roam. Heroes and heroines are duly afforded these rites of humility and honor for having given their lives and hearts to make humanity pious once again. You walked the roads and streets of Dade County, Officer Cook, looking for a staple of security and a morsel of mettle. Yours was energetic and without a doubt meaningful. So dignified and with integrity so virtuous. We salute your vision,clarity and wisdom to be fondly shared with others who share and take hold of a baton of bravery, its boldness so inspirational. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 28, 2021

A true and most trusted hero holds their honesty,integrity and dignity in check. They keep their labors of love as silently close to their badge of humility as possible and close to their souls are their respectful conduct which can only further enhance mankind. You enriched and uplifted Dade County, Officer Cook, in heaven's most merciful name and your blessed name and soul flies high everyday it's among the souls of others whose legacies represented character, conviction and pride in all their commitments. You'll be forever missed by your family and their aspirations are your inspirations. You led by example and by precisely carrying out such sacred and fundamental onuses. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 28, 2021

A life is so special and precious. Yours, Officer Cook, was full of desire and decency, devotion and dignity supporting your loyal integrity and its intensity to root out crime and construct the simplest of peace and unity for Dade County. One always remembers solemnly and with a warm heart your endearing nature that brokered many relationships as you were not only a pro at your chosen line of work but a very friendly man so gracious and grateful to serve,protect and preserve the quality of character, life and property. Such a commitment to values,principles and morals deserves a poignant salute for gallantry. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. A heavenly hero and angel soaring with eternal pride for all the excellence you delivered to your family, friends and esteemed and humble peers of justice.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 28, 2021

One must watch a kettle or pot to make certain it does not boil over. When terror, evil and violence unleash their sinister masks of mayhem your voice and heart of honor, wisdom and heroic maturity, Officer Cook, came calling to lend a hand. A smile that was bright. A soul so shiny and positive all cut down by a man so devious and despicable. Shooting police officers just trying to calm him down and to restore some level of order in Dade County. Its streets were hot and just filled with a domestic scene so brutal. You paid with your life, Officer Cook, a hero with integrity respect, truth and honor persevering and patrolling the landscape with due diligence and due dignity and resolve never to be forgotten. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 28, 2021

Reserve Officer Scott Lincoln if you read any of these reflections you should take note as your partner that day of tragedy, Officer William Coleman Cook, Badge#1664 was a patriot and warrior all in the same sphere as was his unselfish and charismatic character, charm and maturity beyond his humble age. Dade County witnessed some hot and heated battles during your ride along and certainly during his six years of loyal and trusted service to his community that forevermore will pay homage to his dignity and heart warming integrity. He walked gently on Our Lord's paths of righteousness to seize upon the opportunity to create a sense of goodwill and hope for nature. Now your partner beloved and adored by everyone including his family honors his heroic legacy which stands as a cornerstone and humanely built foundation for future women and men to perform their sacred actions though. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. You'll be an angel of wisdom, vision and validation protecting those pearliest of gates. You took directions all by his insightful ingenuity and intuitions.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 28, 2021

When one encroaches upon one's domain better make certain it's for a valid reason. A man's house is his very castle. Security and tranquility are harmony's very brand of humility, sincerity and boldness. And yours, Officer Cook, was as of a charming young man devoted to his job and profession. Your reliability, versatility and durability made you a most popular and very well liked and admired comrade to all. With stellar and sterling capability, revered honor, dignity and integrity so uniquely incorporated one with the other it's plain to see why Dade County treasured you. A soul and heart of great understanding and the most properly organized virtues. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 28, 2021

When trouble brewed and tensions were high, it was your humble and calming voice of reason and rationale, Officer Cook, that seemed to make a difference and how the residents of Dade County were finally able to live quiet and tranquil lives of purpose. Your passions and compassion are now eternally guarded by Our Creator who has your undivided honor,integrity and dignity soaring higher each moment. A gentleman so spirited and gifted with faithfulness and fairness from your loyal and most heroically trusted soul and heart. Rest in peace my neighbor,friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 28, 2021

The sentence I meant to say, Officer Cook, was that nothing was going to keep you from assisting your comrades who were in danger and under siege because of one violent and disrespectful human being. Dade County will forever honor your memory and with it your humble honor, developed dignity and core of integrity and commitments to true justice being carried out. Hope, goodwill and effort will always be treasured and deeply revered. You were the consummate public servant, Officer Cook, always concerned with the public's well being and welfare. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 28, 2021

Two great men cannot go at crime alone. It takes an entire department and the resources of resiliency and efficiency to tackle danger and peril wherever they rest. Your career and life, Officer Cook, were determined to rid and destroy evil here in Dade County. It was your home where everything meaningful during your life of humility occurred. Nothing was going to derail, deter not delay your assisting your colleagues that fateful day. God deemed your sacred journeys as completed and transported your soul and spirit of virtue back to His quarters where you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 28, 2021

The Central Division with headed back in your day, Officer Cook, by Major Dale Bowlin who should rest in peace. You worked under him and gave your very life to save Dade County from some serious domestic adversity that tragic day and everyday what the responsibility you accomplished your tasks by possessing character,reverence and the honesty that both dignity,integrity and wisdom flow. Your heart of caring and consideration was most sensitive to the needs of the community and your civility and nobility as level as your trust and truth. Heroism not serving an eternal role as an angel patrolling those heavenly gates of boldness and gallantry. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 28, 2021

It's a true shame that you cannot be here to witness a both beautiful sunrise and sunset, Officer Cook. You preserved the integrity, dignity and honor of your community and for this Dade County and its people could not be more grateful to your humble heart and soul of bravery and mettle. Those shelters and havens for tranquility were laid down by your undying and unwavering actions of sacred cornerstones. Bridges to serenity were cemented down by your smile and professionalism all in your demeanor of devotion and dedication. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 28, 2021

Forests are lush with greenery and amazement. Police work can be confounding,confronting and have its share of surprises. But, on your heroic part, Officer Cook, no man with more stability and accountability patrolled for peace better than yourself.Tireless and unselfish, your honesty, versatility,virtue and dignity made your integrity and respectful character shine brightly as Dade County was served by a very loyal and esteemed comrade. Never forgotten and saluted for valor. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 28, 2021

Wherever one resides, their palace, castle whatever they rent or own shall be quiet and undisturbed. Your good name and blessed heart, Officer Cook,dealt with the chores, tasks and rigors of your profession,one where obstacles of peril lurk within the various venues of a community where your enrichment, enhancement and endearment keeps being loyally respected and admired. Your vigilance and due diligence my neighbor, friend and hero made that difference where the residents expect nothing but trust, truth and character following its heroes down those trails and pathways of righteousness. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 27, 2021

A beacon of boldness, bravery and sound behavior, with your set of ethics,mettle and morals the citizens could never have been safer and more secure when you served Dade County, Officer Cook, with heroic pride and compassion. For a man to utilize his dignity and fabrics of honesty and integrity for a purpose of harmony and liberty so may Our Creator bless your heart, soul and spirit as they keep aglow Our King's heavenly eternal home to His devout flock of angels of wisdom,vision and sincerity. Rest in peace my neighbor,friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 27, 2021

To think and ponder the reasons why we pursue what we so desire, well you had dreams, goals and aspirations, Officer Cook, to become a fine public servant and one young man whose skills, talents and gifts were all God given. Dade County experienced your own sacred version of protecting us and with your guided honesty, integrity and dignity your colleagues respected you greatly. Always admired and a man of resilience. Rest in peace my neighbor,friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 27, 2021

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