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

Opportunity cannot be squandered nor can one become beleaguered by evil. Officers are public servants who risk their lives and souls for the citizens they protect everyday. Dade County was served by a true warrior and honored hero of loyalty, respect and reverent integrity and dignity flowing through your unselfish and most unwavering character, Officer Cook. No matter the channels and paths you took on your earthly missions,true and true again trust, wisdom and vision filtered in all your pursuits of happiness while escorting violence off our streets where your presence, passions and composure will never be forgotten. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 12, 2020

A battle like no other is the fight over serenity and security for any community. You accounted for heroism and esteem, Officer Cook and for this Dade County is ever so grateful for your humble honor, dignity and unimpaired integrity always giving heart and your beloved soul of character and principles. So respected and cherished by your family and comrades forevermore now an angel soaring above. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 12, 2020

Today is that horrible anniversary of an event that shook the world. When in New York and in Washington DC historic buildings and lives were forever ruined and destroyed by terrorists and planes loaded with innocent passengers. Your life and its memories have been cherished and never forgotten. Dade County witnessed firsthand heroic honor, dignity and integrity displayed justly at all times. Peril and danger, Officer Cook, were handled by yourself and your partners who were graced to work beside a man of enrichment, endearment and unselfish enhancement that has built foundations of humanity to stay strong and solid forevermore. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 11, 2020

Off you went, Officer Cook and down the streets to seek the humility of freedom and unity for Dade County. Stability and a sense of wisdom,vision and maturity always dominated your passions where your priorities were fully centered. You did not need a compass to guide you, Our Maker took care of that as did your loving parents may they rest in peace along with you my neighbor, friend and hero of character, dignity and the devotion of integrity only in your heart and soul. If only Mr. Pearsall's head could have been properly affixed to his being life for you and your colleagues would have been spared the pain of your untimely loss, though always a hero of resolve and humane care.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 11, 2020

A bike ride, a picnic, whatever can fondly honor your respectful nature, Officer Cook, it shall be done. The job you loved was your labors being poured into your perseverance and resolve all through honor, integrity and careful dignity given to all who lived in Dade County. It was found in your columns of valor where due diligence can pay big dividends. God is rewarding and blessing your excellence in all fields of ferocity and tenacity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 11, 2020

Sincerity is not sublime and ridiculous. Your voice of reason and humbly heroic concern, Officer Cook, was certainly more than a smiling face of a handsome man, gallant and glad to serve his roles and responsibilities toward Dade County. It's where your hope, faithfulness and goodwill loyally blanketed your youthful passions, honesty and all respect for decency, dignity and integrity never more solemnly etched into your family and peers' hearts to forever treasure. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 11, 2020

A kind and gentle servant whose life and career was consummated by courage, consideration and concern. Always going the extra mile to shield Dade County from violence. Officer Cook, you were and always will be solemnly saluted for honor, dignity and integrity so essential to the principles of wisdom, vision and maturity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 11, 2020

Woe to our world all this wickedness so unwelcome wandering and causing all sorts of chaos. Your bravery, boldness and honesty, Officer Cook, helped to pave the way for stability and serenity for all Dade County. A great man, a sacred hero lost too soon with more left to tap into. Surely for character, class, respect and integrity, Our Lord will reward and bless your soul and heart of dignity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 11, 2020

Stay calm and aware you'll have a better than decent chance to extinguish evil. You kept your composure, Officer Cook, what every good man or woman needs to do and by having unwavering and truly remarkable character, respect and vigilance, the honesty, integrity and dignity never teetered. Dade County has its semblance of peace and liberty because of badge#1664. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 10, 2020

As any police officer would do, Officer Cook, you placed the public's welfare first and dignified your earthly positions of trust, truth, honor and integrity. All solidly built by your heroic character to make the future brighter. As an angel so bold and humble, your soul may soar from place to place where heaven awaited your spirit of peace and sacred purpose. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Dade County never forgets its men and women of tireless energy and effort.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 10, 2020

A life where challenges crop up each day all handled with class and loyalty. Much esteem and very humble honesty, integrity and dignity doing a job, a profession of choice that embraced mankind face to face everyday with a whole pure heart. You certainly made society and Dade County better, Officer Cook, heroism that lives on in your family's hearts as they carry out your sacred legend. You never looked for rewards, now in eternity God surely blesses your soul. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 10, 2020

There are solutions to most problems. Some are hard to find, but, with hopeful effort they can be found. Violence needs the hands and feet of most honored and dignified servants whose intensity and integrity reach out beyond what most people can achieve. Your sincerity, Officer Cook and graceful smile have been missed. Just sad a gentleman of resiliency was taken while doing your central tasks. Always cherished and most admired. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 10, 2020

Logistics have to be strictly followed and adhered to if the public and its protectors are being kept safe and sound. You kept your word, Officer Cook, sheltering the residents of Dade County in honor, integrity and the seriousness of dignity to be fondly remembered. Heroes and heroines are those gentle angels who soar higher in heaven because of your unselfish efforts and resolve. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 10, 2020

A bridge allows you to walk or drive to a certain vicinity to locate a certain thing. You created newer bonds and friendships every moment you policed Dade County, Officer Cook. A man whose heart and spirit gave back more than we could ever ponder. Honesty, integrity and dignity are those very foundations your faithful devotion and goodwill helped to lay down. The cornerstones of reverence, sanctity and nobility have been enriched by other public servants who have surely embraced your heroic legacy. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 10, 2020

Destinations are our very directions of which people travel to all the time. Day or night there is a reason for such movement. You patrolled a certain corridor of Dade County each day, Officer Cook, promising hope, goodwill and renewal to its citizens that won't be forgotten. A hero born of honorable intentions and whose life and career was not only constructed out of fascination, but dignity, character and excellence in integrity and respect for mankind. Such a humane and humble heart and soul saluted valiantly. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 10, 2020

With blood on his hands, it was just tragic and senseless the way May 16,1979 ended for you, Officer Cook and nearly for your esteemed and brave colleagues. You all were consummate, you were honest, humble and heroic facing danger and whatever else daily to make enhancement in Dade County last forevermore. All dignity, respect and integrity poured into your treasured endeavors to restore and create a more harmonious environment for all to live sacred and purposeful lives. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. At least your killer got his punishment!

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 10, 2020

The fact is ferocity does a better job when tenacity is tied to its corners. When your life and days, Officer Cook, were spent in honorable employment here in Dade County where its residents trusted you and respected your virtuous endeavors geared toward bettering society, you cannot be forgotten. Heaven awaited your loyal and tender heart and soul of distinction. All humility, sanctity and the essence of loyalty saluted for bravery. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 9, 2020

Humanity seems to have taken a severe beating at the hands of deranged individuals lately. From where they came and now go? Between 1973 and 1979, you served, protected and preserved the honor, integrity and dignity of life in Dade County, Officer Cook. A hero educated and raised with esteemed manners and certain very important principles. A gentleman beloved by all pays the price to extract endearing, enriching and most enhancing security and safety. Your treasured soul my neighbor, friend and hero won't be forgotten. Rest in peace.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 9, 2020

Police tasks are pain staking and surely never so simple. Grasping the burden and making those earthly journeys can be marked with obstacles and whatever else lies in wait. Danger awaits those trained, skilled and talented whose virtue and eyes are that trusted and truthful of sense of efficiency. You always gave on one hundred percent, Officer Cook, heroism and respect never more carefully built. Your family and peers have solemnly remembered the bonds formed and bridges constructed making the cornerstones more stable though you are missed quite a lot. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 9, 2020

A role is a solemn action that will ultimately uplift society. If undertaken with humility and decency, honesty and reverence, then and only then can tranquility begin to take shape covering a community in safety. You performed your jobs, Officer Cook, on behalf of Dade County with a smile, yet, serious accountability supporting your versatility.Our lives have gone on despite your very painful and stinging loss to mankind and of course your family. Hope is still out there to be reeled by the best men and women of dedication and devotion who have taken over your watch. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 9, 2020

A pause for the cause will certainly bring back a flood of memories. Most warm and humble, the one of you giving your life, career and everything truthful in integrity and in dignity to be saluted with everlasting affection. Dade County, Officer Cook, was your battle ground with your effort and tenacity leaning further into the fracases to trap evil and deliver the peace and goodness all people are entitled to live in. Nobility and civility never lost track of each other and your soul will forever be blessed and rewarded. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 9, 2020

As the decades just seem to fly by there is still no doubt about your wonderful and most honest life, Officer Cook. It was and remains heroically etched upon your family's hearts and minds and those who worked with you restoring hope, faith and serene goodwill in Dade County. You occupied yourself in humility, dignity and integrity, character never more unselfish to be fondly cherished. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Esteem and sacred purposes all residing in the skies above where your angle wings fit perfectly.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 9, 2020

Those who fall doing their jobs, our comfort is their family's strength as it binds their aching hearts together as one. Your family, Officer Cook, lost you so young, so honored and humble, heroic and ever so mindful of protecting the interests and values all Dade County citizens share. Your consummate advice and direction gave deeper meaning to keeping the tunnel lights perpetually lit. You cannot ever go wrong when dignity, integrity and their truth and trust is never shattered. Your soul, Officer Cook, rests in peace my neighbor, friend and hero high atop God's fruited plains where angels gather to soar higher and heroically every moment.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 8, 2020

Decisions, decisions, at some point in life important ones could result in either saving a life or one losing theirs because of some mistake or purposeful tragedy that took you, Officer Cook, from your comrades and loved ones. It was no accident and because of your tireless and unselfish endeavors peace, freedom and liberty may proceed forward as you watch over us and your loved ones with a pure soul and noble heart. Sacred and immortal, the heroism won't get tangled up by extra wires of limbs that's for certain. Heaven is that tranquil garden of hope and goodwill that God oversees Himself. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Dade County forever remembers a warrior and a welcome smile now all in the skies above, so sad!

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 8, 2020

Perseverance is a sweet smelling agent of acumen, astuteness and basic awareness. The poison of heinousness still evaporates sadly within our region and a good man like yourself, Officer Cook, was heroically honorable and very versatile in virtue, vigilance and the validity of both integrity and dignity. Violence met its match when it faced a truly humble man whose service was interrupted by a wicked man so callous and bent on revenge. The skies are clear and sunny as you patrol those regions of resiliency always so perfect and quiet. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 8, 2020

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