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

There's adversity racing around waiting to wreck communities. Your mission, Officer Cook, was to preserve life and sanctity here in Dade County. Your honesty, integrity and dignity will be cherished forever. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 24, 2020

Vigilance and virtue both compose the support of honesty and integrity. Your career and life humbled by heroism and dignity served Dade County and its citizens very well because of true character, trusted commitment, tenacious convictions, most of all because of loyslty and esteem. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 23, 2020

Dog bites man. Society seems to be clumsy falling all over itself. The clues and hints are there no if duly authorized men and women most of them honest and capable can perform these difficult and daily tasks. No doubt all men and women are challenged by heinous people with no dignity, respect and integrity. Your graceful character and accomplished commitments helped to hammer some harmony within Dade County, Officer Cook. Your warriorlike mentality will be solemnly and duly honored for special virtues, sacred truth and serene trust. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Clumsy and being inept bring disgrace and are of no good in this unrelenting war over violence.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 23, 2020

Wickedness opens wounds deep and painful. Your family mourned you, Officer Cook, their beloved and darling hero of Dade County. All the esteem and loyal devotion to a community that keeps honoring your dignity and integrity so vital to battling evil. Heroes captivate. Humility humbles a hard working heart and soul. Sanctity secures those bridges of hope and goodwill, yours, Officer Cook, certainly shall remain cherished forever. Angels circling around us and their families day and night with unwavering virtue. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 23, 2020

Callouness cancels so much. It simply destroys the good and humble and cuts short lives where more is left to pursue. Your reputation, Officer Cook, is not tarnished because of how your professionally served and preserved life here in Dade County. Mankind approved of your civil matter and healthy respect for humanity. Humility and loyal endeavor protected by Our Lord. Your warrior mentality was good natured and quite mature beyond your years. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero Yopur family diligently carries your sacred legacy in their hearts and minds.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 23, 2020

Mettle by day, humility every secoind and not less. Everyone is expected to pull his or her own weight despite all danger on those streets. Your pursuits and journeys throughout Dade County, Officer Cook, were among your treasured. A life sacred and humane that won't be forgotten for honor, dignity and integrity always supported your trials and trails of loyalty and esteem. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Character and conviction carry your angelic soul around those bluest of skies.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 23, 2020

The brave and bold grasp the fundamentals of their jobs. Comprehension and understanding are an undertaking inandof themselves. No hesitation that you, Officer Cook, completed an outstanding life and service energetically watching over Dade County and its tranquility. Liberty can only function well is one's commitments, character and both their dignity and integrity are where they need to be located. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 23, 2020

A firestorm of friction that needs to be heroically extinguished. It must occur before more terror looks to search for its vulnerable. Your valor and virtue, Officer Cook, preserved Dade County and its people and left no doubt as to how a servant of integrity and commitment shall be poignantly remembered. You gave every ounce of energy and heart that was dedicated toprecise principles of intelligence, ingenuity and intuition. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. A cornerstone placed down with humility and noble deeds supporting its infrastructure.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 23, 2020

There never seems to be a let up nor an easy days ahead for our distinguished law enforcement personnel. Never simple. Dade County for six years of toil and ferocity was under the heroic and honored presence of badge#1664, yours, Officer Cook. A pleasant man with a smile and humane leadership and devotion to follow you throughout your career and positive life of respect and perseverance. Our Master's divine kingdom has acumen, wisdom and vision strolling its golden gates as you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 23, 2020

Tenacity must be focused and affixed upon society if adversity is to be overcome. Dade County was protected by you, Officer Cook, sound and secure in your honest and most humbly dignified pursuits of harmony and unity. A gentleman always with integrity and heroic character that patrolled those streets where bedlam and mayhem looked to romp. Resolve can uncover these blankets where evil lies. Always saluted for bravery and sanctity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 23, 2020

Nature has its beauty which can be witnessed as lovely provided honest women and men stay within standards and uphold their sacred responsibilities. Your heroic career and life, Officer Cook, were accentuated by maintaining a level of integrity, stellar character and dignity which built a solid foundation to be revered. A legacy humble, sincere and most humane. You remain cherished and admired for holding up your end to preserve the security of Dade County. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 22, 2020

If you show me respect, you'll be greatly admired. No one wanted your life and career of humbly heroic service to conclude as it did that day, Officer Cook and for loyalty and integrity, it's your dignity and honesty that has been forever saluted. Dade County and its residents tried to exhibit their gratefulness to a human being all devout and faithful. The bottom was built up for the future to see. Your precious soul will see this my neighbor, friend and hero. May you rest in peace, Officer Cook. A concerned man with a very enriching heart. Kids grow up fast you would be amazed at their successes in life.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 22, 2020

Wit with a smile just warmed up the world you lived and worked in, Officer Cook. Such a wonderfully gifted young man who graced his family and community of Dade County with ever present and unselfish heart, energy and humble endeavor. The presence of peace and safety is a little bit less since your loss many decades ago. Yet, you remain a hero who possessed solid integrity, honor and character in dignifying your truthful andmost humanely trusted pursuits and dreams in life and during your watch. heaven is warm and eternally aglow by your unwavering soul of leadership and sincerest of dedication. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Though it's been decades since your tragic loss tomankind, humility and fortitude remain stapled to those who serve and chase after evil while patrolling for a semblance of goodwill and hopeful intuition.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 22, 2020

Strength can play games at times. You never played with honor, respect and humility, Officer Cook. You forever are a hero who delved in dealing with troubles plaging Dade County. Solutions and resolutions are never simple.The battles rage on and with your soul overseeing those fighting on our behalf may god bless your loyal heart and soul as you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Yoiur clarity, wisdom and visionary values let you continue your outstanding feats while God gave you life and passion.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 22, 2020

Your soul gently touched mankind with an everlasting enrichment, endearment and enhancement. Never again because of evil will anyone see your smile, Officer Cook, that is eternally encased in God's most peaceful of locations. It is where angels heroic in stature soar with humane honesty, marvelous dignity and virtual integrity which displayed peace and serenity within Dade County. Always highly remembered and etched upon your family's hearts. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 22, 2020

Your childhood, Officer Cook, was reflective of truth, trust, honesty and courage. Real humble. Real special. No misleading nor dishonorable, always respected and well liked by friends, peers and whoever crossed those special paths with you my neighbor, friend and hero of Dade County and all humanity. Fair and unbiased, intelligent and direct with the public you served. Only the soundest of character, commitment to all values and scruples deemed worthy of public service. Your parents and sister, Nancy, Officer Cook, had everything in a darling beloved son, brother andmost of all a hero to all, beloved and virtuous. If knowledge is king then humility is the ace of spades many times over. Rest in peace.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 22, 2020

Stability is sometimes a stab in the dark. To make life more serene good men and women must perform their jobs of utter importance with all the honesty, respect for integrity that can face adversity with all its heart and soul. You graced Dade County, Officer Cook, with heroism and sanctity to be bonded among your family forevermore. Treasured,loyal and wise beyond your years of life and fulfilling journeys. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 22, 2020

Life seems at times like a large fish tank. So much to swallow and so much to absorb. You followed your superiors, Officer Cook and learned your lessons of faith and fortitude so well. Dade County first of all had a hero of honesty, integrity and basic dignity. All unselfish, all undying, all respectful character and sound commitments to be blessed in heaven. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 22, 2020

Your humble, heroic and wise soul, Officer Cook, are always alive and well up in heaven where they all serve and walk those paths and trails of humbleness and civility. Dade County was only given top notch support from you and your honest career and life of character constructing proud service of both integrity and dignity which fought those difficult wars of wickedness. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 22, 2020

Repetition sharpens the razors of resiliency. Achievement is not automatically granted. One must learn from their mistakes and never allow them to not perform wisely. Danger and peril greet good women and men serving their communities as you faced Dade County's folks daily, Officer Cook, to bestow happiness and good cheer among all mankind. Humanity misses you my neighbor, friend andhero. They surely miss your integrity and honorable dignity which helped to defeat the likes of violence. Never forgotten and always in your family's hearts. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 22, 2020

One fosters freedom by virtue of their humble and honest actions of integrity, humility and heroism. It was deep within your heart andsoul, Officer Cook. One that faithfully protected the citizens of Dade County offering them an opportunity to live enriched lives of resolve. No man of dignity and hope shall be missing when that esteemed and treasured roll call is taken. Goodwill lives on in your legacy, Officer Cook, where maturity, wisdom and vision were staples of your tranquil and stable life and career. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Success never went to your heart and soul. Heaven is where you are an angel with perfectly fitted wings to forever soar.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 22, 2020

A big box of coopertion is essential tothe tasks ahead. One large tank of tenacity and happiness will certainly assist mankind in targeting terror. To broker new relationships compromise surely serves its foundations. Having some tact and tolerance, respected humanity which you always did, Officer Cook, while serving Dade County with sacred heroism to be reverently saluted. A package of patience and perseverance allows integrity and dignity to battle adversity. Appreciate all that the good Lord has done for you and your family. A spool of comprehension endears a humane public servant tohis fellow comrades. A jacket of hope and goodwill lets ingenuity and character shadow one another during those tense moments. Confidence, poise and common sense were your consummate partners, Officer Cook, where serenity and safety are required for missions of loyalty can peacefully continue. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend andhero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 22, 2020

We count our blessings each day. If one sits down at sunset and sees what noble deeds they have accomplished .Heaven is not reached in a single leap of faith or heroics. It's reached with God leading those who gave their humbly honored lives for peace and respect to fliter through. You made Harmony a living reality, Officer Cook, with dignity and integrity that Dade County won't ever forget. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 22, 2020

Life brings a challenge like no other. Just as a rocket lifts off transporting us to space, so too does a police officer who starts their watch over a community with a humble and honest level of integrity, honesty and dignity. The very balance of character, commitment and convictions needed to trap evil and alieviate the tensions that harmony should never cause. Your achivements, Officer Cook, were of a great aid to Dade County and its residents. Never more values, never more scruples to duty. For maintaining humility while out on patrol may the good Lord provide your family solace and comfort to carryout your heroic legacy. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 21, 2020

The check engine light has been on for a while. Now is the time for those who have taken over your watch, Officer Cook, to get down to business serving with honesty, integrity and dignity as you possessed. A man of valor and vision chasing evil and bringing in some freedom of movement. Your compassion and heart teamed up to loyally to raise the level of principle and mettle to a community that continues paying you homage. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Dade County has its causes elevated by your unselfish efforts.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 21, 2020

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