Metro-Dade Police Department, Florida
End of Watch Wednesday, May 16, 1979
Reflections for Police Officer William Coleman Cook
Prevalent in proficiency, perseverance and pride can never let any good and decent public servant go astray at least for nine out of ten men and women who wear a symbolic and yet sacred badge of integrity, character, courage and honored commitment. You achieved, Officer Cook, by serving Dade County with your undivided attention to details, morals and valid principles which created and delivered a real and truthfully trusted sense of serenity, stability and freedom for all humanity never to be forgotten. We salute your wisdom, smile and sense of virtue and vision which now is your heroic legacy for others to follow in. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 6, 2023
Security, serenity and safety are essential to the public's welfare. You supplied the honorable and most dignified of resources, Officer Cook, to protect Dade County and its residents from violence. Integrity, reverence and character were consummate and trusted beyond any shadow of doubt. Your heart and heroic soul will forever be solemnly remembered and saluted for their desire, dedication and loyal determination. Such a true warrior and a man of faith who strengthened the bonds of humanity and mankind which misses you very dearly. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Humbleness and blessings carry your loved ones as they make that endeavor to move forward with your legacy.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 5, 2023
The salt of the earth and a serene young man girded in honesty, dignity and integrity, Officer Cook, Dade County was where your heroic life and career began and tragically ended because of one crazed man. Senseless and heinous, yet your character, class, decency and dedication were the consummate ingredients of hope, faith and goodwill for all whom you protected. We salute you for bravery, boldness, wisdom and sacred virtue demonstrated upon all your cherished and loyal earthly journeys. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 4, 2023
Your sincerest convictions, Officer Cook, delivered, created and forever implanted peace, stability and liberty for all to witness here in Dade County. A man still young and strong going toe to toe with a crazed madman and the sadness of your devoted and humble family and comrades losing you to this awful violence sends goosebumps down our spines. For your dignity, respect, class and character is surely being watched over by Our Creator. A devout and faithful gentleman loyal toall his duties giving his life and career for a noble mission poured forth with wisdom, virtue and a humanely humble and decent heart and soul. An angel protecting us from above. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 3, 2023
A gentleman born with heroically humble honor, a public servant persevering with his dignity, integrity and clutch character attached to his uniform of consistency, courage and conviction, it all made for a safer Dade County, Officer Cook, as you patrolled every corner and every sidestreet with precision accurancy, acumen and the determination that all who are deserving. Twenty-five years arenot all that long a time, perhaps the vile and despicable man who took you from this world should have thought long and hard before pulling his gun out and doing what he did. Officer Cook, you, Officer Keith DiGenova and Officers Robert Edgerton and Scott Lincoln your last partner deserve a lot of credit and for surviving as they did. God must have needed a true and trusted angel of virtue, wisdom and humbleness that now watches over us and your esteemed family as you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 2, 2023
The bread of affliction we consume daily as the fruits of your faithful and heroic fruition were loyalty accomplished each watch over Dade County, Officer Cook. A true man, a genuine gentleman born with class, dignity and integrity never ever to be forgotten. Always so sincere with a handsome smile and outstanding character, confident desire, trusted dedication toevery assignment that was placed on your professional agenda. Your actions and life represented morals and every breath of your unwavering and unselfish heart and soul of humbly blessed virtue and sacred missions that sprouted forth peace and stability for mankind tosolemnly remember and to salute a humane hero. An angel whose role is to walk that perfect beat in eternity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 2, 2023
You achieved, accomplished and despite your life and career, Officer Cook, being cut all too short were heroic, dignified and had integrity in all your humbly blessed actions that safeguarded the people of Dade County. The recipients of your virtuous resolve, resourcefulness and unselfish resiliency through effort and energy from your unwavering and undying heart and soul that cared and was most compassionate. You'll always be saluted for upstanding missions of goodwill, devotion and dedication spreadout among your beloved community where your name and legacy stay forevermore enshrined, imbedded and implanted within our lives and frontdoors where serenity and safety were your rightful journeys that enriched and were completely withinthe boundaries of honorable character, commitment and trusted intuition. The truth speaks now God has your angelic spirit to watch over us and your adoring family. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 1, 2023
Supurb morals, declarative dignity, honesty and integrity that was the excellence of your wisdom, virtue and valor, Officer Cook and it was heroism spelled out in true tenacity and trusted acumen, awareness and the sacred journeys of faith and resourcefulness poured forth that gave Dade County and its folks the opportunity at having stability and peace mounted within the frameworks of their homes. A person's castle should be of outstanding character, commitments to exceed expectations and the versatility of a real warrior who was unrelenting, unselfish and most humbly unwavering and never forgotten. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 31, 2023
Dade County could only marvel at your heroically humble actions, Officer Cook, ones that were honorable, loyal and most dignified as they saved lives. Our serenity, safety and freedoms were all blessed by your unwavering and most unselfish heart and soul of integrity, character and the esteemed commitments all required from sacred angels of bravery who are never forgotten by their families and departments. They all miss you but know they carry your legacy as they move forward with their lives. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 31, 2023
Perseverance and peace must not be disturbed nor may violence interrupt the passionate purposes for which we live and breathe. You lived for your family and Dade County all heroically, Officer Cook. Honor, dignity and integrity are not just caring character, commitment and nobly sacred convictions that must be exercised daily if our society is to thrive. Thank God for a man of heart, soul and loyal truth and trust going down the very same trails and paths. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 30, 2023
Officer Cook, you were one of Dade County's most bravest of warriors and your honorable, dignified
and intuitive actions of integrity saved the day on May 16, 1979. The class of character, virtue and commitment bringing in liberty and justice for all. To live forward while you made the ultimate sacrifice speaks to your upstanding morals and fabrics of ferocity, trust and true allegiance of an angel. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Missions faithfully undertaken for the sake of your esteemed community where your blessed name is forevermore respected and greatly admired.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 29, 2023
A man of grace, virtue and faithfulness relying on all his basic instincts of honor, integrity and dignified character to lead other fellow officers heroically through peril here in Dade County says it all about you, Officer Cook, a true and trustworthy gentleman of resourcefulness and diligence who made the ultimate sacrifice in order for us to experience the most humble and loyalest of blessings of safe trails for mankind. Your loving family certainly and most unselfishly carries your legacy forward as they live their lives of succinct distinction and because of their"Uncle Bo" giving his entire heart and soul of humility while maintaining law and order with the values,scruples and principles so essentail to your public service. Always a heroic angel andmay Our Master shelter you my neighbor, friend and hero under His wings for eternity to shine down upon you.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 28, 2023
Progress helps to protect the environment. You goodwill, good nature and honesty, Officer Cook, heroically made all the difference in how we can go beyond our purposes of life here in Dade County. Crisp, succinct and with a dignity, integrity and character that bolstered your missions of faith and resolve and for having such outstanding morals, wisdom beyond the crowd may God bless you spirit and dearly beloved soul of serenity and security as you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. I told the administrator of the cemetery that the grass in your section needs to be tended to and cutdown. You deserve the humility of where you rest for eternity.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 28, 2023
Satisfaction is not for one day alone, but seizing the opportunity to create a more stable peace and freedom of movement for all concerned is the key. Our progress and hopeful prosperity was because you cared and were concerned about Dade County's safety, Officer Cook. Dogged, devoted and determined to rid us of problems and wickedness you utilized every tool at your disposal that tragic day to get Mr. Pearsall to surrender. He did not and you and your partner and fellow officers found yourselves in a hornet's nest of chaos. You my neighbor, friend and hero performed admirably, humbly and heroically keeping your honesty, integrity and dignity all within your unselfish heart and soulof true character, trustworthy commitment to succeed and the intuitive convictions that are necessary for both the public and for officers' survival. May Our Maker shine His grace and countenance upon your soul of virtue and sanctity for all mankind will not forget your missions and journeys put forth in goodwill, faithfulness and versatility. Rest in peace. I will try and visit your grave todayand offer a prayer for you. You were consummate and humanely speaking the very best! Your beloved family carries your legacy forward with renewed wisdom and humility from their hearts.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 27, 2023
Evil and violence can wipeout a community, but it can never ever tarnish a righteous public servant of Our Lord such as yourself, Officer Cook, who served and preserved Dade County with a special heart, soul and heroic passion. Our harmony came about through your outstanding character, commitment and convictions of dignity, integrity, trust and faithfully ordained truth. Never forgotten and saluted for valor and virtue all implanted within your sacred journeys here in this world. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 27, 2023
The book of bravery forever contains those chapters of your honor, dignity and integrity, Officer Cook, that served Dade County and its citizens with a passion and unrelenting heart and heroic soul. God's many angels dwell high above looking down upon their families forevermore protecting them as they carry forward their legacies of enrichment, loyalty and by being esteemed and certainly most devoted and dedicated to the calls of duty. Where resiliency and relevance share the roles of faithfulness and goodwill you made very sure to perform nobly and with a sacred mission delivered to us in the forms of tranquility and contentment. Character, commitment and conviction that was the total truth and trust of a grateful community where you remain beloved. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 26, 2023
The beams of boldness, enhancement and engagement were all alive and well when you served Dade County, Officer Cook. They opened newer doors for peace and security to walk through. A refined gentleman with dignity, integrity and honesty all flowing inyour heart and soul of character and class never to be overlooked as we salute your life, career and heroic legacy now stamped as one of God's angelic and most faithful of peacekeepers. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 26, 2023
Those bonds of solemn faith,devotion, dedication and determination were strictly carried out by you, Officer Cook, so wisely, so dignified and with humbly blessed integrity, honor and heroic intuition, the ingenuity of a man so well revered, Dade County, your family, comrades and friends will never forget you and what you stood for as a loyal and most esteemed public servant. Our way of life and security all came about because of your undying and unselfish heart and soul so giving, caring and sincerely kind it's mankind that continues missing you but does receive your angelic messages from the heavens above where you now and for eternity walk your perfect beat. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 25, 2023
A servant, a messenger sent here for a sacred mission, journey and profound purpose, Officer Cook. To protect, enhance, enrich and to uplift the values and morals of honest hard working people here in Dade County. You were a heroic man, young at heart with character, dignity and integrity who forged new bonds while sacrificing your life for serenity and safe trails for all mankind. You'll be saluted and forever for being your family's guardian angel. Their shield and warrior never forgotten for being a gentleman of wisdom, virtue and thoughtful faithfulness and beloved resiliency. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Forty-four years later and still esteemed and humanely cherished.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 25, 2023
The script that God wrote for you, Officer Cook, was punctuated and accentuated with heroic honesty, integrity, character and dignity. Never simple for some you received the messages of commitment and clarity very succinctly and comprehended your all essential roles quite well protecting the folks of Dade County with acumen and the esteemed loyalty that who serve must strive for. We remember with distinction your life and noble career cut way too short because of evil and violence of a disrespectful and cowardly individual. We salute you for having wisdom, virtue and sacred journeys that brought a sense of directional peace to all. Keep looking down upon your family and may your angel wings perfectly keep your spirit soaring higher. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 24, 2023
Your soul, heart and spirit all rise in humbly proud and heroic glory in the clouds above. A Dade County public servant always aware of his surroundings and a beloved community where you lived and gave your solemn and sacred life of virtue, valor, vision and the wisdom that supported the legs of dignity,integrity and humane character and loyal commitment to excel. The truth and trust spoke loudly, Officer Cook, your unrelenting, unselfish and unwavering actions that day and everyday saved more lives than we could ever ponder. The sadness of your family and colleagues losing a great guy, a man mature beyond the crowd and certainly deserving more now. You left behind a legacy accentuated, validated and most appreciated by the public never to be overlooked or forgotten.Generations from now will look back and remember what a talented and tenacious man you were consummate, considerate and most caring. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 23, 2023
The stars of serenity have a most humble, honored and heroic angel shining brightly among the many heroes and heroines who made the ultimate sacrifice. Yours, Officer Cook, placed down the markers and boundries for peace, decency and prosperity to forever flow rightly here in Dade County. Not one citizen has forgotten you for having politeness, heart and soul and the integrity and dignity that is created along the tracks of truth, trust and excellent character and a loyal commitment to everything a public servant and a devout messenger of Our master must maintain that was accentuated and accelerated throughout your life and all too short of a career where professional acumen, virtue and sacred versatility and wisdom was always so dedicated and determined. We salute you my neighbor, friend and hero, Officer Cook, for being there when precious lives were at risk. Rest in peace.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 23, 2023
You were a very experienced and efficient public servant, Officer Cook and it was about protecting and preserving life and property here in Dade County where your heroism, honesty and integrity all made a dignified difference. The citizens have stability and tranquility at their residences because of you and your outstanding commitment, conviction and most truthful and trusted trails of bravery, virtue and sacred wisdom. Always so loyal, dependable and surely dedicated. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 22, 2023
I talked with your friend and partner, Officer Cook, Officer Keith DiGenova. He is doing fine and the memories seem to come back. After all you protected Dade County with your heroic heart and soul of character, integrity and dignity. The class of your life and career is forever rewarded and angelically blessed by Our Creator as we salute you for valor, virtue and wisdom. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Badge#1664 was revered and quite diligent in all that you accomplished. Twenty-five years was too short of a life and you'll always be esteemed as a most humanely loyal officer.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 21, 2023
A really smart young man whose heroic heart and soul did everything possible to serve and to save Dade County and its residents from unrelenting violence and your blessed name, dignity and integrity shall stay forever blessed in heaven as your family's and department's heroic angel. Officer Cook, the lessons are many, the humility and virtue stays forever within your spirit as your loved carry out your legacy of character,conviction and trusted commitment all truthful and all tenacious. You are to be saluted as all who have given their lives for serenity and liberty to be realized. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 20, 2023
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