Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Emergencies always require more than complacency. Nothing complicates the paths of courageous souls than one bad apple straying from their most honorable of duties. You gave your heart, grit and mind, Officer Cook, so that Dade County could live humbly, fruitfully and more tranquil. We never overlook nor forget the soundness of your sacred stability, destined desire and integrity all dignified by loyalty and cherished esteem. They all built sounder goodwill and hope for a better tomorrow. The angel who looks after his prideful family dreaming, aspiring and pursuing happiness, health and prosperity. Your soul will guarantee it. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Great skill,passionate effort and always unrelenting efficiency get the jobs done right.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 2, 2020

If that scene was recreated a million times you would still attend to your professional responsibilities. Never shirking and immediately pitching in a helping hand to serve and to preserve the integrity,character and dignity of Dade County. Taking a solemn oath, Officer Cook, heroism and resolve were always embraced by such a warm, loyal and fondly humane heart that constructed such rich traditions. You brought fulfillment to your family and the sincerest of mettle and pride to your department. Duty never forsaken. Desire undertaken and dedication only enriched in a bountiful of gallantry. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 2, 2020

November is certainly a month to look back upon and pause for a prayer and for peace penetrating our land. Humanity embraced your humble affection, Officer Cook,heroism and resolve engaging dignity,integrity and never leaving honesty on an island. Pure energy and effort engulfed Dade County meaning safe trails for one and all. Your life built the bridges to a sounder and serener future but better if Our Creator had allowed you to live and see the changes all coming. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Four weeks from today would have been your sixty-seventh birthday. The lights stay aglow in heaven as its angels of peace and truth radiate its perfect gates.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 2, 2020

Violence just always seems to take good women and men back to square one for answers. Door one, door two, just one step small as it maybe helps the problem. Adversity was your issue to tackle, Officer Cook and everything you did was outstanding to protect your comrades and Dade County's citizens from strife and more extended grief. God just flowed within your heart and soul as He directed His wisdom, vision and maturity within your skill set. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 2, 2020

When lack of perseverance punctures just one soul, all hearts feel pierced. Evil tormented you and your colleagues that awful day, Officer Cook and you stood up and fought like a devil to restore law and order. Nothing but sacred passions. astute principles and awareness like your unselfish integrity,respectful dignity and grateful character. The greatest of commitments to pull up and to uplift Dade County's tranquility and stability. Saluted for bravery, boldness and always concerned. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 2, 2020

Indulgence in the proper measure is allowable so long as honesty, integrity and dignity never leave your sight. They were stitched and stapled to your uniform and badge, Officer Cook. A truly trustworthy warrior who fought for a cause and for Dade County's sense of direction. Yours were lead by Our Lord who steered your soul and heart into a scene that day where no one expected the outcome that occurred. Eternity is an abundance of faithful and resourceful angels all soaring together forevermore. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 2, 2020

Have faith for patience is virtue's humble reward. Honor, diligence, dignity and integrity all reflected your superior character, Officer Cook, so young and heroic. Dade County had your attention to all the delicate and yet dangerous details of patrolling and keeping the public safe and peaceful. An angel forever saluted for humility, onus and for caring deeply. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 2, 2020

You purchase the groceries. You cook the meal and stir the pot, it's all about focusing in on enriching and enhancing mankind. Such doldrums don't belong in society. You cared greatly about your people and community, Dade County, Officer Cook. You went through all that cadets experience while training at the police academy. Your inner wisdom, punctual vision and incorporating maturity made your integrity, honor and dignity reflect more. They shined brightly just as your soul and heart of morals, mettle and virtue never to be more polished now that heaven has your angelic soul to patrol His heavenly and valiant gates of vigilance all accentuated by your undying and unselfish trust and truth. You were one terrific officer and a greater human being so compassionate and considerate. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 1, 2020

The rockets launch skyward just as your honesty, integrity and dignity, Officer Cook, rose gracefully everyday you prominently served your community of Dade County. Progression and not regression.Passion and not contentment. Promise and solemness not untruth and laziness. Officers who don't measure up probably need to find another career. Your heart and sacred affirmation certainly was resourceful and loyal. A man so built in confidence humbly just doing his part in making sure accountability and responsibility were not just motions you go through. Security and harmony demand much more than talk. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 1, 2020

For the almost twenty-four thousand angels who lost their lives in service and in protecting their beloved communities, our hearts go out to their loved ones. Retirement should never be forced upon one whose soul of virtue beat louder than ever. Yours, Officer Cook,was spirited and uniquely wonderful and endearing. Dade County has stood all these decades later and has not forgot your heroism and down to earth character which has garnered gratitude and respect for mankind. Sacred passions, principled missions all geared toward one thing stability and peace for society. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 1, 2020

At least in police work every woman and man does not have to carry the burdens all by themselves. It's shared by all who take the humble oath and compose themselves wisely in honor, respect and dignity's respectful integrity. Dade County was the venue where your battles, Officer Cook, were earnestly carried out. Dealing with strife, duress and the pressures that public servants experience 24-7 you had to be quite a humane gentleman. Succinct and sincere. Courteous and congenial. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 1, 2020

Repetition is a word police practice daily and take home its lessons to be preached and learned diligently. With fervor and ferocity,Officer Cook,were your paths of peace and trust realized. Dade County felt your gentle heart and mighty soul steering its way through the neighborhood as you endeavored to create a more bountiful harmony while accentuating dignity and transparent hope and goodwill by your blessed acumen. A hero through and true whose journeys were sadly ended by a man of violence. Shame on him and just as sad for both your family and his too. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Forty-one years ago you were transported to your final resting place. Why at twenty-five did Our Master require you so young with more promise ahead?

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 1, 2020

A heavenly balance is struck between Our Lord and His servants, loving and honest individuals who have risked their lives to preserve the tranquility of a community. Your place, your location, your venue, Officer Cook, where your heroic actions helped to ward off and save your fellow officers and the citizens whom you loyally protected. Just a tragedy, a crying shame and such blatant disrespect for a young man with a child himself to display and to demonstrate such arrogance against police who were just trying to calm him down and get him to surrender peacefully. Dade County and the area where you gave your life, Liberty City, have undergone great changes surely we hope for the enhancement of humanity's future. One brighter if you were present to witness it, Officer Cook. Heaven has an even greater angel, sacred and purposeful. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 1, 2020

Strength and stamina never sapped. Heart and valor never wavering. Integrity,character and dignity always a commitment of unselfishness. Never a worry or bad word ever spoken about you, Officer Cook. So true to your humility and humane class, all capable of leadership and taking others through trials and obstacles that can impede the harmony of a community. Well, Dade County has surely cherished you and by its admiration and respect towards yourself, they will never be a more mindful,thoughtful and resolute human being serving them. Badge#1664 was principles, morals and the ethical conduct all departments expect and demand from its men and women of honesty and reverence. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 1, 2020

A man charged with serving and protecting his community with so much humility, respect and admiration. Your steadfast determination and devotion, Officer Cook, brought a newer lease on life for all Dade County, to share,relish and cherish. A soul and a heart being released to perform the will of heaven where the yokes, onuses and burdens only made resolution a more constant virtue. You were the consummate public servant whose discipline and dedication were first class first rate and above all top notch. Wings of an angel fitted perfectly for your eternal missions to continue forevermore. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 1, 2020

Respect is rationale. There was no reason why you had to die that day, Officer Cook and yet despite an evil man taking your life,your sacrifice has served as a spring board for Dade County to summon the intestinal fortitude to live each day with honesty,integrity and dignity flowing from its mouth and legs. You lived by these rules and you turned out better than alright. You brought pride to your profession, family and community at large who still salutes your heart and soul of humbleness, loyalty and esteem. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 1, 2020

Numbers some have reasons and some lead to results. The uptick in violence in our society must be lowered, curbed and forever halted if mankind is ever able to enjoy the pleasures and purposes of life. To live is to breathe. Having dignity,honesty and integrity are all one thing just maintain your character along with a million other things that all who serve and wear a badge must. You strove for quality, Officer Cook and the heroism proved beyond a doubt your courage and heart. Such humility is not often found, yours became the genesis of your outstanding upbringing by your two faithfully devoted parents may they rest in peace. Dade County will not forget your resolve and diligence to defend against evil. Serenity, goodwill and hope have been blessed and rewarded by God. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 1, 2020

Your motor and transmission run better when not timid, more tenacious, always solemnly truthful and most notably trusted. It's the only way to solve and accomplish your goals and assignments. Dade County, Officer Cook, was both duly and superbly served by your cunning vision and insightful wisdom, There is not a doubt that if you were here today somehow the world as we know it and live in it would be profoundly enhanced by a great man of heroism and your legend of humility always available to be reviewed and shared forever. You went to your last call, Officer Cook and gave supreme effort and an undying sacrifice to be blessed in heaven as an angel of valor and distinction. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

October 31, 2020

Police who have to moonlight to earn extra money to support their families are to be commended. They too risk life while off duty yet they are forever serving their communities. You saved and served Dade County with fine distinction, Officer Cook. Always secure, always honest and forevermore a hero trusted and dignified. Its found in integrity that lead your missions of hope, faith and unwavering goodwill. What others think only your family, comrades and God know for sure. A man of regal resolve and legitimate direction whose legacy perpetually is saluted. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

October 31, 2020

The wicked cannot run away from God's anger, wrath and punishment. The righteous smile and deeply comprehend the meanings of reward and blessing. Certainly honest, surely dignified and forever a man with an abundance of integrity and virtue that cemented Dade County into stability, safety and peaceful journeys. Heroism, Officer Cook,represented your entire heart, soul and existence, one based on success and effort not failure and fallacy. The world and your family indeed does raise a salute to a brave man bounded and guided in sheer courage. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Character and reverence add fuel to the fires of ferocity. Never can yours, Officer Cook, be discounted and tarnished.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

October 31, 2020

How one chooses to comport themselves goes a long way in determining how scenes and their circumstances will play out. In the end of a long and trying day, Officer Cook. Wednesday, May 16,1979 was a day so sorrowful and tragic for your family and department, as they lost a real warrior gifted, talented and so skillful. You defended the residents challenging a man gone crazy who tried his utmost to ruin the day in Dade County.Liberty City can certainly be classified as a war zone and your constant honesty, integrity and graceful dignity made that forever impression that humanity won't soon forget never can you overlook a truly likable gentleman protecting and just doing what needed to done. To overhaul a community is difficult enough without the added issues of wickedness and callousness pervading the landscape. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

October 31, 2020

The supporters of peace rely upon the virtues that validate an officer's humane and humble honesty and its heroism. The rudders control the ships of dignity,integrity and character that must be steered correctly and righteously as well. Your compass, Officer Cook, was always in the general direction of where peace and security needed to be displayed in Dade County. A man so blessed, praised and treasured by all and certainly terribly missed by his family and colleagues of admiration and inward courage. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

October 31, 2020

Where you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero, Officer Cook, is a perfect valley of virtue, valor and vigilance. Never a place or time to be mired in mediocrity while battling the outrages of violence and evil. You policed Dade County with everlasting and genuine peace and affection. To be admired and respected one must perform at a certain level not just wishing, hoping and daydreaming everyday. Humility, sanctity and civility all marked your trails of justice, truth and character. Such a warm and wonderful man taken before his time. God gives and He takes may His name be blessed forever as your fine soul, Officer Cook, continues to be kept in security. Once again rest in peace and keep up your angelic efforts!

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

October 31, 2020

Place your heart and soul before the Lord he will faithfully execute His purposes for which you serve Him. You served with courage,valor and humility in honor, reverence and the respect both dignity and integrity require, Officer Cook. A hero forevermore. Dade County's people were sincerely grateful you came into the ranks in 1973 joining Metro-Dade Police Department at a valuable time. Such a man of virtue and gallantry who patrolled his areas with knowledge, vision and expertise so much so that ultimately you were able to lead others through adversity, tension and strife. Your beloved wife,Karen, has never forgotten you. She remarried thirty years after your loss,a loss for your beloved family,friends and close personal comrades who tackled the very same issues you strove to control. To create harmony and unity you must build from the bottom floor up. Never forgotten and always so special a human being. Trusted and tenacious. With unselfish character and tireless commitment to excellence. God has your spirit to cherish and reward humbly for heroic endeavors. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

October 31, 2020

You can't be reaching into the thin air and grasping at straws. You must be diligent and maintain dignity,integrity and honor at all times precisely to make that sincerest of impressions. You surely did that, Officer Cook,on behalf of mankind, Dade County and civilization. Never taking shortcuts you solved and resolved conflicts, issues and circumstances before things got carried away and out of hand. Such sacred missions, humility bottled within your caring heart shall be etched and honored for generations to come. Respect. Resolve. Courage all under Our Creator's watchful eyes and ears. Your trustworthiness and truthful voyages all have been humbly accepted in God's cherished name and your blessed soul and spirit. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

October 31, 2020