Metro-Dade Police Department, Florida
End of Watch Wednesday, May 16, 1979
Reflections for Police Officer William Coleman Cook
God's gates of gallantry and boldness are forever opened 24-7 as angels of honor, dignity and integrity patrol those most peaceful and pristine streets where no more harm will ever befall them. It's sad obviously that you are not here today, Officer Cook, to see what you constructed in Dade County over forty-seven years ago. Your soul and spirit see everything as the entire landscape has changed from the time you served until your fruitful missions sadly ended because of one man's anger and shameful actions perpetrated against you and your comrades of loyalty. Sanctity, civility and humility are never lost they are not those most trusted and true to form agents that continue looking after those presently serving and dealing with conflict and danger. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
September 30, 2020
Surely faithful unto death, a devout servant honorable and heroically decent who will be forever saluted for dignity, wisdom and integrity. You brought pride and joy to your entire family, Officer Cook,by virtues of your feats of character, commitments to excellence and most truthful and trustworthy convictions of resolve, effort and a heart that cared for and protected Dade County for a purpose with a composed passion. Missions, journeys and navigation all for heaven's sake and your cherished, reverent and most blessed name. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
September 30, 2020
The washer washes. The dryer dries. The public servant fans out to protect and preserve the sanctity of life for society. You did an outstanding job, Officer Cook, upholding your end of boldness and commitment. All the time demonstrating goodwill, devoutness and pure concentration to all that character brought to work everyday. An angel of unselfish integrity,dignity and honor's smarts. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Dade County and your loved ones miss you very much, Officer Cook, a hero's hero of esteem and loyal sacrifice.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
September 29, 2020
A synopsis of your fortitude shows all we need to understand as to how you would accomplish your tasks and roles through peril and what not in Dade County, Officer Cook. A man of steel vision and wisdom committed to uplifting the spirits of humanity who suffered a great loss when you left this world too soon. But, your very soul, most heroic and stable always will remain legendary through and true. If dignity,integrity and wholesome honor alone could have saved you your family, comrades and friends would have been most joyful. You lived a life of excellence and energy straight from your concerned heart of gold. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
September 29, 2020
Hour after hour, day after day, month after month your soul of virtue and vigor, Officer Cook,stands firmly entrenched in Our Lord's home as you patrol His perfect roads. The very same ones you circled to look for harmony and freedom for all mankind in Dade County. Always loyal and cherished, solemnly sacred and humbly respected. Integrity, dignity and honesty revere each other and your significant mettle contributed to all of us feeling safe and sound. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
September 29, 2020
Justice must prevail and trust, truth and honesty must run along the same paths as integrity, character and dignity must. You succeeded, Officer Cook, in making way for a new dawning here in Dade County. The heart and soul of your endeavors will forevermore be etched and poignantly paid homage for their sacred functions. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
September 29, 2020
When the smoke clears all is not completely finished. Dade County was truck by a man of revenge and pure evil. His violence had to be ceased and you, Officer Cook, provided the effort going forward to secure and rescue your comrades and those citizens embroiled in his angry outburst. Honor, reverence and dignity went to heaven along with courage and integrity all resolve and tenacity running after peace while searching for terror. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
September 29, 2020
You approach and apprehend those who commit crime. You do so with sincerity, honesty and the humility that speaks well of both integrity and dignity. You handled all your professional tasks and assignments on behalf of Dade County exceeding well, Officer Cook and have been most heroically remembered for salvation and security. Always blessed by acumen and virtue, your soul and sweet heart are all angelically protecting us from heaven as you forever rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
September 29, 2020
To convey is to communicate. To initiate the courage is to be humble. Honesty is always a public servant's best policy against the vices of vile and viciousness out on those perilous streets. You covered your territory, Officer Cook, blanketing all Dade County with peace, humility and the prosperity of life so vital to our purposes and missions of goodwill, faith and hope. A never ending saga facing men and women most of them straight forward in principles, common sense and the essential efforts they put forth daily for serenity and liberty to occur. Your life and respectful character, Officer Cook, has built those foundations and cornerstones for a fruitful future of resolve and everlasting loyalty and esteem to blossom forth. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
September 28, 2020
Courtesy shall patrol its divinity in every which way purpose serenely navigates. You traveled the long roads in and around Dade County, Officer Cook, searching for harmony and meaning. A well defined man of honesty, hope and dignity always composed and robed in respect and in integrity never giving in to evil. Never caving to corruption and always humility, civility and sanctity at your side. Tools of tenacity, the traits of truth. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. God's gardens of trust are filled with angelic valor simple and humble to the letter.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
September 28, 2020
The arrow is drawn but where will it strike? Acumen,awareness and astuteness are those articles of any decent minded servant's weaponry to protect against the likes of vile and evil conduct. Such disrespect and disgrace belong elsewhere and not here in Dade County, anywhere for that matter where you gave your life and career, Officer Cook, with due respect and reverence toward the will of mankind. No more a nobler man whose compassion was by your side of dignity, integrity and ingenuity at all moments. Always solemnly honored and forevermore humanely a wonderful man of principle,practical fruition and composed character. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
September 28, 2020
Never a worry. Never a broken word or bond. Always your straight up assurances that Dade County would be fixed up and properly served by a loving man and a hero of humility honored by his work habits. You gave so much, Officer Cook, for the welfare of those citizens who relied upon your basic instincts to survive and to achieve a purpose, a passion to complete a mission of resolve, hope, goodwill and faith. Today,things are not the same and will never be since you left your family and colleagues over forty-one years ago taken by evil and having your valor uprooted from those branches of boldness and guidance. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Character and commitment are transparency's words of trust and truth if justice is to be served.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
September 28, 2020
Vitality is the source of life. To live is to enrich, engage and to enhance the reasons why we strive to perform a purpose everyday. Each day you lived with dignity,ethics and a set of honorable integrity, Officer Cook, heroic and humane that set the tone for how Dade County would prosper under your leadership and protective missions of mettle and due diligence. A man so admired and deeply rooted within his department reaching out to others and always going the extra mile to seek peace and freedom for all humanity. You set the bar high my neighbor, friend and hero. Truth and trust pull reality closer than ever before. Rest in peace.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
September 28, 2020
To celebrate is to honor. To pay homage to a hero is to remember. You lived a very exemplary life, Officer Cook, filled with smiles and esteemed good nature that just started to make inroads within the Dade County community where your most vital service, honesty and integrity should not have been disrupted by one cowardly man's lack of dignity and respect for authority as you were just trying to calm him down and have him surrender before worse problems arose. Always a hero of resolve and resourceful ambition complete with ideals, values, morals and scruples. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
September 28, 2020
Most of us dare to dream. How are we to do anything else? You wanted to become a policeman, Officer Cook, from the time as a young boy and when you reached a certain age you attended the academy and started what should have been a long career until retirement. Nothing hurts worse than having a life snuffed out by a vile and heinous individual while providing much needed uplifting services to the folks of Dade County. All heart and soul, every ounce and word of honor, reverence and respect poured by those cups of courage and dignity. The goodwill of faith,devotion and integrity flowing freely within your veins of valor. Never more heroic and always for a sacred purpose in mind. Safety and peril are two different components of life and must be distinguished. An angel forever in his family and colleagues' hearts, thoughts and prayers. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
September 28, 2020
We stand unified. We perform those vital roles making certain humanity is well protected and well suited for a brighter and much safer future. Your career and life, Officer Cook, made those possibilities happen. Responsibility breeds integrity,honor and dignity and because of your loving disposition Dade County and your family can follow through in carrying forward your heroic legacy. Loyalty and diligence all have come a long way and today as you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero you can watch over your beloved family,comrades who serve today and with Our Master's assistance make certain the jobs are being duly fulfilled. I wished I could have met and seen a true man of faith and guidance caring and following your dreams, aspirations and desires to better mankind.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
September 28, 2020
One challenge is complete. One mission is undertaken to eternally guard us from unwanted terror and whatever bedlam and chaos tend to confuse and to confront us. There was no better a public servant than the man wearing a uniform and Badge#1664. Your good name, Officer Cook, remains vitally etched within the spheres of all Dade County where its legacy of heroism and trust sits atop that mountain of mettle and morals, dignity, honesty and sound integrity all through toil,sweat and hard work. The tasks are challenging, the assignments can be overwhelming, but, you accomplished more in your short life of twenty-five years of excellence than most do in a fuller time. Always warmly and richly received, revered and solemnly admired. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
September 28, 2020
Losing a battle does not the end. A life taken callously is serious and sorrowful for any family. Your loved ones have treasured you and your memories. A life of a born hero of trust and truth scouring his community here in Dade County for some balance and semblance of tranquility and blessing. Indeed, your heart and soul have been humbly saluted and rewarded for their unwavering and unselfish attempts to thwart violence. Just no respect from Mr.Pearsall the man that took you, Officer Cook, from your peers and family. Journeys, missions of faith, goodwill and vision all charted properly and with all signs of direction and motivational leadership from humbleness and esteemed loyalty. Never to be forgotten. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
September 28, 2020
Society suffers afflictions of body and soul all from very unneeded evil. Your good nature, smile and thoughtfulness helped to shed some light on this very urgent matter at hand. Dade County required every drop of dignity, compassion and honest integrity that was contained within your heart, Officer Cook. Humility and heroism giving safety and serenity a new meaning. For waking up to going to bed your family, the citizens and a life that had happiness until your last breath all defined a very brave gentleman full of efficient movement. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
September 28, 2020
So revered, so simply humble and more importantly forever your family's hero, Dade County's and the entire police world, Officer Cook. The supreme sacrifice made so safe travels, harmony and liberty could co-exist as one. Always fine character, respect and humility from your stoic heart and special soul of virtue and vigilance. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero of dignity, integrity and intelligence. God's home is your castle where your angelic courage walks that perfect beat guarding His sacred plains.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
September 28, 2020
For a quarter of your life, Officer Cook, you worked and toiled on the streets and corners of Dade County looking for tranquility and unity. Somewhere evil violated your rights and ruined your family's hopes, dreams and just inflicted grief upon them. Wounds are sometimes tough to close and yet with unselfish honor,integrity and dignity your passions and purposes shined brighter than ever. Never forgotten and honored for esteem, effort and every ounce of energy expended for the causes of justice and truth. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
September 27, 2020
Handsome, humble and heroically honorable. All the basic tenets that good servants must possess. Dignity,integrity and character never can escape from values and mettle. Dade County depended upon you, Officer Cook, to pull the people out of travesty and troubled times. Your angelic soul and spirit are heaven's gifts for a life of piety and dedication. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
September 27, 2020
Almost a whole shift of peace and five minutes before ending your day violence erupts like a volcano. Officer Cook,you were such a sweet soul, a cherished man of principle, devout and faithful, what a tragic day of events that took a great leader, truthful and trustworthy beyond a doubt whose soul deserves all the sacred salutes for freeing us from the clutches of someone gone haywire. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
September 27, 2020
A yearning like no other, a man filled with joy, happiness and a passion to serve and loyally protect Dade County. Your life and career, Officer Cook, were the appendages of acumen, wisdom and always clear vision not to be forgotten. Gone too early with more left behind to accomplish. You found success not just as a niche but a fact of ferocity that roamed the streets to eliminate evil. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
September 27, 2020
Heavy hearts were abounding when you gave your life, Officer Cook, for Dade County to remain safe and sound. A never ending war over violence still permeates around a community that keeps paying homage to a wonderful hero of hope and trust, dignity and integrity centralized upon character and reverence. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
September 27, 2020
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