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

The curve of learning can take a person far down those humble and honest roads of resolve and courage. All were a factor in your chosen career and very faithful life, Officer Cook. A true and trusted hero of Dade County who represented his family and department with esteemed dignity and integrity which were brought into your patrols of passion and serenity for those whom you loyally served and never will sanctity, resolve and respect be forgotten. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 18, 2020

Eliminate the negatives and perpetuate the positives, somehow you'll find that inner peace and quietest of times. Never simple, not easy, difficult to comprehend at times and yet the scope of your passions and life aspirations, Officer Cook, you turned out better than just alright. A great man taken from his family and colleagues all too soon because of one man's penetratable violence and why? Dade County heroes all have many traits in common, excellence in composure, commendable honesty, determined dignity and all out integrity. The world has suffered since your loss, Officer Cook and though it is been many decades you remain well regarded, well revered and well respected. The skies shine with your heavenly soul and spirit guiding the flights of those public servants who have continued your watch. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 17, 2020

A review of your life, Officer Cook, would provide the basis of your all heroic, all honorable and all dignified career of substance and vital integrity used to conquer evil and to safeguard the lives of Dade County. All ferocity and nothing futile. All the commitments to respect, resiliency and conviction's inner meanings. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Versatile and venerable. Vision and ingenuity very special.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 17, 2020

The eye of the tiger, terror, tyranny and torment runs rampant in humanity looking for its next prey. You were a peacemaker full of pride and precision filling your wings of compassion, Officer Cook. What
every man and woman aspires to become, you worked tirelessly to prepare for the day when you would make harmony and unity more than catch phrases. For Dade County's citizens their tranquil moments all came because ofyour honesty, integrity and completely competent character. You'll be saluted and honored for sacrifice and a daily dose of due diligence. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 17, 2020

The fan spins providing air to breathe. You delivered security, safety and serenity to travel more peacefully, Officer Cook. A hero of sanctity, humility and civility does his all to make morals, scruples and values stand front and center. Dade County felt your gentleness, boldness and unselfish career takeon a newer resolve. When your peers were staring at serious trouble your response along with Reserve Officer Scott Lincoln made that impression to be cherished for eternity. A life of faith and devoutness sheltered forever in God's castles of courage and crusades. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 17, 2020

Assess and due so with the utmost care, concern and dignity of the situation in front of you. Well, you always placed the public safety first, Officer Cook. And Dade County was supplimented by one outstanding young man so versed in vigilance, virtue and valor becoming a gentleman of honored humility and heroic integrity all classified as resourceful and unwavering. You can be sure your complete being, heart, soul and mind will be forever revered as you serve that humane role as an angel of Our Master. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 17, 2020

Truth, trust and tenacity to be surely remembered. Justice was not just put on a plate, it humbly placed within our doorsteps and souls by one brave man, yourself, Officer Cook. Wise and articulate. The articles of prosperity were located within the wings ofyour unassuming integrity and dignity missed greatly. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 17, 2020

With a sense of security and direction and goodwill was your life and career born to take on newer challenges, Officer Cook. Your badge, boldness and uniform was donned properly and in a precise fashion. Honesty, integrity and dignity provided the most essential security and safe havens forall living in and around Dade County. You are to be commended for courage and for delving into peril to rescue us. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 17, 2020

We are born to produce meaning. We are here to have some fun. Society though does feel the ailments placed upon its heart by evil. Dade County, Officer Cook, was patrolled by your heart, maturity andvision. So distinct, so virtuous. Character, conviction and commitment were never confused. And neither was your undying honor, unwavering dignity and certain integrity all counted on to combat adversity. As your family continues yourlegacy, may you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Respect and intelligence all now circling us in the skies above.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 17, 2020

Respectability is your living and vivid accountability to humanity. Durable, versatile and a man whose patrols around Dade County were most honorable and determined. Your life, Officer Cook, was heroic, was resourceful and was of character and performance that was truly outstanding. The foundations were accomplished and now it's shameful you cannot be here to witness the justice and resolve you gave your life for. Unselfish and a sacrifice to forever benefit mankind. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 17, 2020

A splash has to be created in order to preserve the safety and integrity of a community. To prosper perseverance must take its spot along side of honesty, dignity and character. Your missions, journeys and voyages in and around Dade County, Officer Cook, were most blessed by God. So humble and heroic while demonstrating goodwill, devoutness and truthfully trusted wisdom andvision. Valor and virtue were brought about through Our Lord's divine providence now in heaven your soul may rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 17, 2020

A spalsh has to be created in order to preserve the safety and integrity of a community. To prosper perseverance must take its spot along side of honesty, dignity and character. Your missions, journeys and voyages in and around Dade County, Officer Cook, were most blessed by God. So humble and heroic while demonstrating goodwill, devoutness and truthfully trusted wisdom andvision. Valor and virtue were brought about through Our Lord's divine providence now in heaven your soul may rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 17, 2020

A chain of command ensures the public of some logical effort to combat a problem. Certainly, evil, terror, violence and turmoil confound, confront and try their hardest to confuse mankind and in particular, police officers. That steadiness and trustworthiness must come forward and be attentive to the needs of the community of which you were, Officer Cook. Heroism, honor and respect were not hearsay. They all functioned under Our Maker's watch and those of your supervisors, my neighbor, friend and hero. A real dark day when your life of integrity, wisdom and mature dignity was uprooted by one man's callous revenges against the establishment of those servants pious and brave. Rest in peace.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 16, 2020

The sum of serenity and sincerity is only equal if all dimensions of hope, faith and goodwill have honesty, integrity and dignity plugged into their receptacles of efficiency. You were attuned to all Dade County and its people, Officer Cook, in order to produce the greatest affect on their welfare. Always a solemn hero of truth and trust, one who never forgot his lessons instilled upon your humane and caring heart by your devoted and beloved parents may you all rest in peace. A hero gone too soon, so young with more left to accomplish. This world saw your humble and esteemed character so invigorating and so enriching. Just a tragic loss to everyone!

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 16, 2020

Rooted in resolving mettle, morals and all the capabilities of courage, consideration and the loyal and humble concern for a community who has paid you a debt of thanks, a life so special andfull of truth and trust, your virtual honesty, heroic dignity and integrity, Officer Cook, supported your pillows of unwavering, undying and surely unselfish preservation for all Dade County. It's all never forgotten and they followed the a pathways or precise perseverance and clear and wise trails of tenacity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 16, 2020

Never indulge in more than you can handle. Police have to be quite special human beings built to be tough in the sense of standing amidst the face of adversity. You faced peril, Officer Cook and represented Dade County very well. Honor, dignity and integrity spelling out your upliftingand outstanding character never to be heroically and humbly saluted. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 16, 2020

Greatness should never be glorified. Gallantry, grit and gumption maybe a bit. You had the entire dossier of desire, devotion, determination and total dedication, Officer Cook, a hero of Dade County solemnly honored for his sacred pursuits in life and during your outstanding career serving and aiding. Always a great statesman whose sincerity matched your stoic composure. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 16, 2020

Respect and resiliency work hand in hand to defeat the violence that permeates our society. Good men and women, like yourself, Officer Cook, secured Dade Countyand its people with everlasting faithfulness and the good eyes and ears of integrity, honesty and the characters of dignity to be saluted and greatly admired by all mankind. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 16, 2020

Pride and dignity are greatly enhanced when the boundaries of honor and respect meet up with humane integrity. Forever revered and admired for service to Dade County. You were the consummate public professional, Officer Cook, one with soul and a heart that genuinely cared for his community. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 16, 2020

A guiding principle of pride is excellence and honor stored within your most humble andheroic heart, Officer Cook. Dade County remembers your courage and class,commitments to excel in all your tasks where peril needed to be stamped out for some balance of peace to settle in. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 16, 2020

Never bow to pressure, display perseverance and respect, you'll never go astray. Dade County was where your flags of ferocity and dignity, Officer Cook, were placed with unselfish integrity, heroism and honor not to be overlooked. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 16, 2020

Laurels wither and die. Unless honesty, integrity and dignity fortify your journeys everything else does not mean much. Youmeant humility and sanctity to your family, Dade County and the world, Officer Cook. Forever a hero of esteem and loyalty. Great character, trust and truth so valued. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Heaven is where angels abound.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 16, 2020

Enough violence. Enough frustration. Enough pain, agony and sorrow. Grief must conclude and the day's business of protecting must be carried out. You did a sensational job, Officer Cook, being a heroic servant vested in valor, dignity and integrity. Forward, loud and clear all while performing a very dangerous profession seeing us through walls of wickedness and windows of unwelcome evil. Never forgotten. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 15, 2020

Nothing tainted only the tenacity placed down forevermore on Dade County pavements by a smile and serious man of faith, hope and bravery, you, Officer Cook, a blessed hero of resolve, respect and resilient character, fortified integrity and desirable dignity which lead your patrols of wisdom and vision. All your earthly deeds are now eternity's visions for those taking over your watch. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 15, 2020

If you augment acumen, awareness and astuteness with the humility of honesty, integrity and dignity you'll somehow more than likely have a positive outcome fighting evil. Sheer violence that strikes a community and for what happened to you, Officer Cook, here in Dade County over forty years ago won't go without mention. Your heroic memory is cemented in walls and on street lights so your family, friends and colleagues of the past can attest to your civility, nobility and relevance. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 15, 2020

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