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

Violence just knaws at society. It pulls and tugs at the roots of fruition and purpose for which we were created for. You performed very well under the rigors of stress, duress and pressure expected upon all who serve. Badge#1664, your sacred trust, Officer Cook, placed the integrity, dignity and respectful honor within your heroic heart and in the wellsprings of Dade County's goodwill, hopes and dreams. Now inspirations to all who salute your fortitude and gratefulness. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 7, 2020

You place your deposits of dignity, honor and integrity in those banks of heroism and humility. Your career and dignified life, Officer Cook, was as a champion of your family and of Dade County where journeying to unveil some semblance of security for its people. Humanity misses you very much as God has your virtuous and sweet soul of resolve performing those essential heavenly tasks. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 7, 2020

Keep watching over your family and colleagues, Officer Cook, your honorable heroism is their safety net from violence they continue to battle. Dade County and its residents won't forget you and your much appreciated acumen, vision and wisdom all from character, commitments to integrity and dignity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Cornerstones built for a future that would have made your family happier to see your face and its engaging greeting.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 7, 2020

A crisp uniform and a shiny badge are an officer's words of calm and an appeal to the citizens to stay alert for possible trouble. Always a smile and a serious composure that kept you attuned to the needs of all Dade County, Officer Cook. Honesty, integrity and dignity all furnished by unselfish and tireless energy and efficiency from a humble and most heroic heart to be paid humane homage. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 7, 2020

You cannot ever mistake dedication for disrespect since you, Officer Cook, were ever mindful of your duties toward Dade County. Devotion and sincerity at least helped you to go after peace while pursuing evil. Your life and career ran down those trails of tenacity as you always maintained a level headed approach in placing safety at our front doors. Always saluted and humbly treasured. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 7, 2020

Patching a tire is not like putting a bandage on crime and all is cured. Just not that simple.More practical measures are called for. Honor and integrity, dignity and character raised your level of alertness and awareness, Officer Cook, while you were searching for a little serenity in Dade County. A wonderful friend and hero. Rest in peace my neighbor and peer of perseverance.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 7, 2020

Better empty your pockets of sin for the days of reckoning will be upon us. The gallantry, the honesty and dignity all integrity and character stemmed from your nurturing environment you received from your folks, Officer Cook. This all made you better prepared to serve the public with sanctity and humility all straight from your heroic heart. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 7, 2020

Wickedness is not a whisper in the night. By day or whenever evil circulates its callous constructions upon us and humanity had better fortify a plan to conquer this raging adversary. You composed yourself, Officer Cook, with esteem and class all from your honored and heroically humane heart of gold. The concern and care provided all Dade County won't be forgotten. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 7, 2020

Meant to say almost defeated. Police have to crack the whip to reverse the polarity of such a powerful foe. Professional precision and pristine honesty, clear dignity and always character of integrity. Dade County, Officer Cook, had its ups and downs. The tide of disappointment must be turned as this is the goal and priority of all who serve. You'll be remembered for heroism, civility and the giving of morals and mettle to your central onuses. Never one to vascillate or change course too many times. Your career and heart were stationed where safety must prevail. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. We as humanity must brace ourselves to stem this flood of adversarial ferocity. An angelic soul watches over his family, special and beloved who cared deeply about his fellow neighbor and mankind.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 6, 2020

Being close is only good in horse shoes and in hand grenades. Wickedness can't almost defeated, as the wars continue to linger within society's eyes and must be totally abated one day real soon. Your source of strength, Officer Cook, camefrom your strong heart, integral soul of virtue and dignity. They all served as integrity's ears and eyes through those gauntlets of adversity and strife. Duress and stress cannot ever deter the work and plans of all loyal and cherished soldiers who risk life to preserve the sanctities of life. You are to be admired and revered for total compliance within the operations of the law. As always truth and trust were essential partners to a man, a gentleman of the highest regard for mankind and whose esteem has generated salutes of humility, honor and boldness. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 6, 2020

How to master mettle and to harness honesty are the forever ways of all who nobly serve the public. You delivered the goods of integrity and dignity's respect for character, Officer Cook, to provide the most heroically sufficient peace Dade County could ever receive. A thoughtful soul of wisdom and vision with an unselfish and quite unwavering heart of caring concern and compassion are nestled behind justice, truth and trust. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 6, 2020

Serenity and its security can be surreal at times. The years of your all too short life, Officer Cook, were well spent and surely well revered among your brave and honored colleagues of loyalty, faithfulness, hope and goodwill. Mankind was the location where dignity, integrity and character reached their stakes of serious engagement upon the will of Dade County and its folks. You surely will never be out of sight and mind from your beloved family, friends and devoted comrades who too exhibited the very same sacred heroism as you so humbly displayed. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Respect can raise the masses from the doldrums of both bedlam and its associated chaos.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 6, 2020

Composure and calmness during a storm of violent evil being carried out by a wayward man, all for what purpose? Your life and solid career, Officer Cook, defending Dade County were disrespected, but your heroic name and humility, honor and integrity will never be tarnished nor debased. So thoughtful, so truthful and fully embodied to lead other fellow officers through danger is how you are going to be best memorialized. Sincere and always a polite smile and a warm greeting. Our safety and passions were yours too. Tragically they were usurped by a violent man. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 6, 2020

Light travels down from the beautiful skies warming humanity with a touch of gentle grace. Your gumption and totally unwavering gallantry, Officer Cook, was one of the first bright spots Dade County folks witnessed. The exhibition of effort and energy exercised upon a location to construct those bonds of tranquility and liberty. Freedom to move about is somewhat restricted due to crime and this invisible virus plagging mankind. But, thankfully your vision, smartness and alertness provided the proper pictures of spot on character and consistancy. Never forgotten and forever mature beyond the crowd. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 6, 2020

A hero is built from decency, dignity and for sure clear wisdom and desire. Then the chains of honesty and integrity create that unbreakable bond of bravery. Everything, Officer Cook, was pointing upward. Sadly heaven is that final venue where your adored heart and soul rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero along with many builders of commitment to values, morals and their noble and sacred principles of both purpose and passion to be etched in everyone's heart and minds.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 6, 2020

Your family and esteemed peers, Officer Cook, can take comfort, solace and umbrage in knowing you performed all your duties on behalf of Dade County with effort and unselfishly honorable ability. Dignity and integrity sotrusted and virtual, truth and ferocity all left on the streets to protect every breathing heart and soul as the pulse of the community rested on your broadest of humane shoulders. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 6, 2020

Dreams are driven by a sort of aspiration. Both your life and public service career, Officer Cook, was navigated by the wings of God's perfect steering systems of humility, humbleness and honor that represented Dade County at all times during peace and some not so quiet times. Heroism is that self-composed inner energy and might thatcertainly came in handy during your battles over adversity and peril. Class, desire and character all fondly and warmly remembered. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 6, 2020

If chicken soup is good for the soul, than honesty, integrity and dignity are excellent for a heart. A decent and faithful heart and soul of sincerity that you had, Officer Cook,proud and valued that served Dade County. Humble and loyal, goodwill and hope that were and will forever be treasured and so wonderful. They built bridges to a safer tomorrow though today is not yet finished. Keep soaring in heaven. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 6, 2020

Society cannot cave in to callousness, actions of those heinous and disrespectful persons inclined to commit evil. You protected as well as anyone, Officer Cook. Those wings that you now forever wear in eternity are fitted precisely with humble honesty, humane dignity and heroic integrity all serving that characteristic roles or renewed resourcefulness. Dade County has peace and a little safety by your capability and abilities. Humility was not a token, it was your affirmation taken seriously. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 6, 2020

The bar is set high whenever heroes and heroines take to the roads to provide that much needed assistance. Dade County was the community where vigilance, valor and virtue came together to form a pyramid of honesty, integrity and dignity that you afforded its residents with, Officer Cook. Truth and trust were welded upon your plates of resolve and shields of serenity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 6, 2020

Camaraderie is a useful source for serving anywhere so long as one's honesty, diligence and dignity are well placed. Integrity, Officer Cook,is the name of patrolling the streets with decency and desire. Yours was kept intact and nothing could ever tarnish a blessed name and richly warm heart of engagement. Always excellent character, wise commitment and visionary convictions. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 6, 2020

A wonderful wife supports her husband in all his endeavors, life and honorable intentions. Your beloved Karen, Officer Cook, was your rock and support system while you were out risking your life to preserve lives in and around Dade County. A tremendous sacrifice tendered by gentle integrity, humble dignity and the heroism that an honored servant brought to his department and esteemed comrades to be treasured forevermore as a soul of truth and trust. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 6, 2020

A nice life and a durable career of versatility and virtue bordered by honesty, integrity and dignity that served Dade County with all the heroic strength of heart and soul, Your tireless character and honored courage doing its job as you journeyed within a community where you lived and relished protecting its citizens. Officer Cook, your heroic actions showed why you were such a devoted, dedicated and determined young man. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 6, 2020

The ships that sail by day and pass in the night,if only wisdom and sight alone could have prevented what happened to you, Officer Cook, that fateful day. A devout and a most faaithfully honored man of principle and proficiency, whose integrity and dignity carried your resolute and heroic trails of tenacity and endeavor. Always well respected and forever admired for everything in the words of boldness, pride, accomplishment and loyalty. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 6, 2020

These days pure evil just huffs and puffs and blows windows and doors open. Violence cannot be allowed to perpetrate its ugliness and must not be tolerated. Your patience, perseverance and utmost respect for mankind, Officer Cook,offered you a large opportunity to serve and to protect Dade County. Your community where its residents offer you honor and admiration for dignity and integrity while facing adversity eye to eye. Always beloved, treasured and solemnly saluted by your peers, loving family and friends from all over, history records its heroes and heroines who give their lives and are forevermore angels serving their Master in heaven. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 5, 2020

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