Metro-Dade Police Department, Florida
End of Watch Wednesday, May 16, 1979
Reflections for Police Officer William Coleman Cook
Follow a leader, you'll find his principles and conduct to be consistent in honesty and the virtues of both integrity and dignity. So much of it given kindly to Dade County citizens, Officer Cook, today and everyday to be solemnly, humbly and sacredly paid attentive honor. Our freedoms and unity were all because of your tireless welcomed efforts to keep boldness intact and the beasts of wickedness off the pavements. A solid human being missed daily by his family, esteemed comrades of humility and valor, his close friends who knew a righteous individual when they ran into him. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 22, 2020
Lessons to be learned, embellishment to be emulated when matters of severe urgency strike an area hard and fast. Police work is fast and furious snails can keep up. You worked and toiled for humbly honorable outcomes in and around Dade County, Officer Cook. You surely left your heart and soul on those dangerous streets along with your dignity and integrity being honored and embraced as the people and your colleagues said farewell to you as you went to heaven to begin your angelic journeys where eternity is precise and your guarding the gates won't bring harm to you ever again. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 22, 2020
Both young and older heroes and heroines live by one creed and that is to be honest and dignified, to maintain a system of values and to possess forever integrity that may lessen your onuses fighting evil. Dade County was your community you called home, Officer Cook, a venue that was your avenue of virtue and vigilance. A place where your dedication was totally located along with respectful trust, truthful character and never ending unselfishness always treasured. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 22, 2020
Formality is ferocity directed at evil. Your tenaciousness, Officer Cook, was all out attacks to stop this unrelenting sphere of serious mayhem all by one man acting cold and callous. You'll be fondly remembered and saluted for esteemed bravery, humane honor and the determination of one whose dignity and integrity was always composed and confident. Dade County was safely maned by your virtue and versatile mettle and scruples of wisdom and maturity beyond your young life. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 22, 2020
You were one of Our Creator's many humble servants and protectors. Dade County has very much missed out on your pleasing smile, passionate ways, honesty and sincerity of both integrity and dignity, Officer Cook. The hero in humanity standing tall against an onslaught of violence and never backing down. Your heart, soul and spirit all forever blessed and rewarded as an angel of valor. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 22, 2020
Scruples and sincerity lend their credence to battling evil. Your honor, reverence, dignity and integrity, Officer Cook, brought heroic humility to all living in Dade County. A gentleman of goodwill and excellent character never forgotten and only saluted for wisdom, enhancement and vision. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 22, 2020
Reading only brings intelligence. Integrity and respect deliver honor and reverence. Officer Cook, your sincerity brought about fondness and good cheer. With a bright and warm smile, you will be sure not to be overlooked. Dade County was aided and served by a loyal and desirable man of faith and desirable decency. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 21, 2020
You can ask questions. The rationale must be present. it must be accountable to deal with whatever crosses between you and the public. You stood proud, Officer Cook, heroic and honorable, dignified to shelter Dade County citizens in tranquility. Your humble goodwill, hope and nature shall be fondly remembered and solemnly saluted. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Class and resilience sleep humbly in God's gardens of gallantry.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 21, 2020
Police works is a profession where your afformation must mean something. And yet there are no
guarantees that each day will be simple and free of trouble. Sometimes a hornet's nest of callousness must be handled with dignity, integrity and the honesty that humanity craves for. Your years serving Dade County, Officer Cook, will be the standard that all who wear a badge and uniform must be relied upon and absolutely one to take a bull by the horns. Heaven has your unassuming and tireless character to cradle in its palms. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 21, 2020
Problems require certain conduct and principles that often protect the privacy of the people. You did your part, Officer Cook, exceedingly well. Excellence in manners. Faithful in integrity and dignity. Humble, humane and heroic heroism that gave Dade County an opportunity to live freer. Never a more respectful and cherished individual of boldness and absolute acumen. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 21, 2020
What lies between sunrise and sunset is the hot sun of another wise bright afternoon which it was the day you gave the ultimate price on behalf of Dade County, Officer Cook. A man devoted to his family, department and community where you continued being paid homage and respect fordemonstrating deserving honor, integrity and dignity. Humanity should honor character and resolve. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Your wisdom, civility and vision remain legendary.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 21, 2020
Crime always never picks its time to terrorize and torment mankind. Your career and life of dignity, integrity and honesty, Officer Cook, was the perfect mixture to combat mayhem and mischief in Dade County in turn threatens our prosperity and harmony. A humbly heroic man of nature and adventure relishing his trusted and sacred roles responding to calls of duty. Never forgotten and saluted forevermore. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 21, 2020
Destiny and fate are all inevitable. Ingenuity, integrity, dignity and honesty are earned by loyal performance doing your assignments. You followed through,Officer Cook and made your community of Dade County safer. A gentleman and true hero of character and humble decency whose soul, heart and spirit remain so very special and full of virtue. A validated angel forevermore. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. A friend until the end who cared for his family and bretheren very much.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 20, 2020
Implications can lead to indignations at times. That needle moves one way or another, but the compass most go forward in honor, reverence and respect for one's own integrity and dignity. Yours, Officer Cook, shared in the burdens serving the folks of Dade County. Heroism then and heroism always saluted and paid its special homage. Memories are forever there to be solemnly shared among your beloved. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 20, 2020
Indulgence must be measured. Just as your might and gallantry were steady, Officer Cook, so too was your never ending honesty, unrelenting dignity and most valued integrity as they all served their purposes. Dade County will never forget your unassuming character and spirit. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 20, 2020
Imitation maybe the sincerest form of flattery. Fallacy, fiction and fantasy don't solve conflicts, problems or dilemmas. Your intilligence was not illusion, Officer Cook. When your heart and soul were together as one unit, Dade County was fairly served by a young man of honor, integrity and dignity. The cornerstones and foundations were truly built by a hero of modesty and resolve. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 20, 2020
Serious calls for immediacy. Callousness calls for conviction and commitment accentuated by character, class and devotion. Your passions, Officer Cook, were all dignified, they had integrity and true honor that preserved the sincerity of life in Dade County. A hero of morals, mettle and meaningful soul and heart. Your life was respect and the image of ingenuity, intuition and intelligence following ferocity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 20, 2020
A hypocrite does not know a truth from a lie. Say one thing and do another. Kind of ambiguous. You were blessed with true loyalty and resourcefulness, Officer Cook. They carried and supported your life and career of values, mettle and versatility. Only a man so responsible and vigilant who watched over us here in Dade County. As the sun comes up so will your spirit stay afloat in heaven. God will never cause harm or peril to cross your path as He holds you firmly in His persevering and perfect palms of mercy. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 20, 2020
Humanity, humility and hope gentle embrace one another as society battles with the proverbial never ending wars of evil, violence never worse. Times have sure changed since you diligently patrolled Dade County, Officer Cook. Give me a man or woman of honesty, integrity and dignity, they'll never let you down. Your personality always shined brightly and with a humble heart and virtuous soul the citizens always felt protected. You are missed very much. Heaven has you for eternity guarding those pearly gates of bravery. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 20, 2020
Hatred, bias and bigotry are those handicaps which inhibit liberty of movement. A golden heart and a wisely visionary soul within your sweet and virtual being, Officer Cook, Dade County's hero whose resolute conduct helped to stave off more adversity that sad day the world and your beloved familylost you. Ideals, ideas and integrity certainly belong in the same sentence as devotion and dedication to dignity you recognized while handling our safety and hope. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 20, 2020
If you help others, God will assist you when help is needed. Dade County, Officer Cook, I will not say was your stomping ground as you never trampled upon one single soul. You treated every human being with honor, respect, decency and all classy dignity and integrity. You were consummate, thoughtful and trusted in all your earthly missions and now your being hailed for heroism and saluted for effort and precision. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 20, 2020
Innovation is creation being honorably distributed around a community just seeking hope, some faithfully reliable goodwill. Yours, Officer Cook, was endearing, enriching and all encomposing as you strove for humility and possessed the virtues of discipline and determination. If dignity and integrity could bring your devoted and truthful heart and soul back to your beloved Karen and family they all would be thrilled. Now as an angel of valor you must take care and welcome those who have made the ultimate and sacred sacrifice. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. A Dade County legend of acumen and wisdom. Maturity so sincere just as your bright smile.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 20, 2020
Your guiding lights of courage, heart and hope, Officer Cook, enhanced all of Dade County's landscapes.Growth is a trait that shall be habitual part of one's greatness as one puts his or her nose to the grindstone while delivering the goodness of harmony and for having sustained character, commitments to pride and excellence and for being composed in thoughtfully true convictions may Our Creator bless your treasured soul, Officer Cook, sacred and humane. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 20, 2020
The essense of endeavor is to strive and to make mankind more peaceful. Your sacred journeys, Officer Cook, all humble, decent and honorable left an indeliable impression upon Dade County. Its people could live more freely because of your integrity, dignity and character. Resolve that is now left in the hands of those brave and loyal enough to continue battling crime. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 20, 2020
Police essentially have plenty on their trays of vigilance and plates of valor. Honor and respect are earned and just as integrity, dignity and character are most important, it was how Dade County and your bosses appreciated excellence, Officer Cook, in your six years of heroically devoted service. Humility and sanctity following a gentleman of creed and goodwill while you showed class and virtue while patrolling the streets of your commmunity. Always cherished and always beloved by your family. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Those chains of character will never break as they are as steady as ever.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 20, 2020