Metro-Dade Police Department, Florida
End of Watch Wednesday, May 16, 1979
Reflections for Police Officer William Coleman Cook
A lion with a most honored and heroic heart who cared for Dade County's folks and who provided a sense of peace for them. You cared, Officer Cook and were a respected and most humbled servant. God has cared for you and your spirit rewarding them for service and grand character and solid convictions which were your bonds of bravery constructing newer relationships and that everlasting goodwill. Resolve like no other. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 18, 2020
Assistance is a leader. Public servants follow protocols each day that insure the public's safety as well as theirs. Trying is at least a start in the long and winding process. It certainly was. And your unselfish efforts,Officer Cook, allowed Dade County to continue its journeys. Because of your attention to details, honesty and heroically dignity well spent and well trusted could you function and perform your job in a traditional and proud fashion to be humbly remembered. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 18, 2020
The eyes see. The ears hear. The mouth speaks. Legs transport us. Everything has a cause, reason and affect upon how our lives will function. Your character and good nature, Officer Cook, was in large part the answer to our safe havens and hopeful lives of truth and justice. Dade County and your department entrusted you with a vital onus. This was to steer danger and peril away and transplant goodwill and prosperity where it ought to be stationed. Integrity and dignity, respect and assurance are stamped on your tombstone to be heroic saluted. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 18, 2020
A buffoon is just that. An honorable human being who endeared himself to his community by being ready and able to guard its precious citizens with serenity and unity for all. Dade County's torches can burn smartly for your visionary valor, Officer Cook, wise decision making and integrity surely made that distinct impression upon society. No one will ever forget your heroism to be forever etched and poignantly saluted for its having made us all better to serve God and for giving us the opportunity to create mankind's pathways to progress in a useful manner. Constructing buildings takes time hopefully with your spirit watching over us, Officer Cook, responsibilities will be shared and handled in a humanely honorable way. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 18, 2020
Some good old fashioned soul searching will really do our hearts wonders. Humanity is screaming out for some relief from all this terrible adversity. Your soul and heart provided Dade County some measure of enhancement, Officer Cook. This is to be respected, greatly admired and cherished forevermore just as we should salute your heroic integrity, wisdom and dignity for its virtuous honesty set down those foundations to be shown solemn homage. You paid the price sadly for our missions yearning for happiness to march forward while the Lord has taken your pure soul back to heaven to become a sacred angel walking a perfect post along His gates of boldness. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 18, 2020
The furnaces of fury burn ever so furiously. Communities and their residents demand and come to expect superior care. You never stopped nor wavered in the reverence you displayed towards Dade County, Officer Cook. A man of excellence and whose humbleness transcended his own level of honesty, integrity and dignity. Violence and evil were handled most proficiently by your goodwill and nobly esteemed character. Commitments and convictions that built securer futures for all to travel down. Just that life would been better for your beloved family, Officer Cook, if they could see your smile and hear your hearty laugh right now. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 18, 2020
Sleep makes a body well. for giving the greatest sacrifice, Officer Cook, may you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero, defender of Dade County who brought honesty, integrity and dignity to the police profession. Humility and wisdom that made that nobly wise impression upon our world. Sacred character that has forever been respected.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 17, 2020
Epitaphs reveal honesty, dignity and integrity. It's found in a public servant's DNA. Desire. Never ending unselfishness and humble acumen. All sterling and all stellar, Officer Cook. These attributes defended the liberties of Dade County well indeed. Excellence in ingenuity, success in battling evil and its eyes of mistrust and total lack of respect. Our Lord's kingdom has your very sweet and virtuous soul patrolling from the gates above. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. With other angels please help keep those compasses heading in a righteous path.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 17, 2020
Let me live God. Such a life as men shall understand, tasting triumph and tragedy, joy and not too much sorrow, let me serve, laugh and love and whenever my days are ended as I slumber soundly in the ground below, let this be my legacy. Your heroism and honor stood out taking care of the needs of Dade County and society, Officer Cook. You put fate and hope on the ropes where goodwill and esteem walked humbly. You were a trusted, loyal and truthfully determined man who crossed into God's eternal land fare too early. He deemed your passion and perseverance as complete and took your heart and soul home to sleep with humble care. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 17, 2020
Remember man as you pass by as you are now, so once was I; as I am now, so shall you be; remember this and follow me. We are have some mannerisms and yet our passions, compassion and purposes must be steered by direct honor, integrity that's everlasting and dignified directed by desirable character, humble respect and morally proper convictions. A man of God humble in faith and navigated by principles never letting those whom you served out of sight. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 17, 2020
Precision is discretion humbled by one's devout and faithful representation of integrity, ingenuity and intuition. Never better, Officer Cook and furthermore great eyes and ears while patrolling for safety and security for folks here in Dade County. God certainly has your soul bound along with your beloved parents. All devout and truthfully trusted human beings. May you all rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Character, commitment and humility while so loyal and duly solemn.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 17, 2020
The skies this morning opened up briefly. It's a sign your very special and humble soul, Officer Cook, is looking after us as you solemnly did for six years over Dade County. Our freedom and journeys have marched onward though you will forever be missed by your peers and loving family. When a sacred passion is greeted by humility and honesty, it is the very heart of a man's serene dignity and integrity that very gently touched mankind's sense of reason. Character and conviction always revered. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 17, 2020
A happy couple so devout and faithful to one another makes the sanctity of a marriage that much more fruitful and fulfilling. For four plus years, Officer Cook, you and your beloved Karen, shared a happy life full of honor, hope and promise. Goodwill, diligence and respect was usurped by one man's rants and evil rages. Dade County was humbly and supremely preserved by your embraces all dignified, respected and most noticeable. Never forgotten and always cherished and paid homage for digging in and in facing your circumstances bravely and without regret. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 17, 2020
Stability provides a point of security. But again officers cannot rest on their laurels. Their morals, mettle and character must be above reproach. Respect for citizens whom they serve must be on par with their honesty,integrity and dignity. Dade County was protected by your excellence and sacred missions, Officer Cook. Heaven has badge#1664 walking that heavenly beat with desire and dedication the very same you afforded humanity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 17, 2020
Rest has value only after toil. Terror and torment along with wickedness require more than simple toil and endeavor. The plain truth is yourself instincts and senses, Officer Cook, were spot on in performing your humane and humbly heroic onuses to free Dade County from the grips of galling evil. Always blessed and treasured character and integrity that supported your humility and dignity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 17, 2020
The proof of truth lies in the trusted perseverance and pride by which all public servants charge ahead with their onuses sincere and sacred. A man of faith and devotion, your whole life and career, Officer Cook, was walking, talking and breathing law enforcement. Dade County was a focal responsibility you undertook with shining and sterling ingenuity, commitment to morals and purposes. Now all of them soar every waking moment as one of Our Master's heroic angels. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 17, 2020
Honor and life lengthen a person's character and dignity if their truth, trust and respect are firmly in place. Yours, Officer Cook, was instilled and implanted within your caring and most humanely humble heart of resolve. Nothing could slow down a most sincerely respectable and resourceful young man solemnly saluted for gallantry and indeed compassion toward mankind. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 17, 2020
The world was created for decent and honorable souls like yourself, Officer Cook, who served Dade County with the finest character combined with heroic dignity and integrity to handle evil and whatever was not deemed as tranquil. God has indeed blessed your immortal heart and soul of sanctity and the humble nobility that is framed within a cherished man's being. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 17, 2020
Dig deep and dig in for dire circumstances dictates drastic action. You took action that day, Officer Cook, to protect the people and your peers under fire. Everything you gave was honorable and dignified. Humbleness that was heroism wrapped around your special heart and soul of valor, vigilant and caring. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Cornerstones built for a sounder and tranquil future, one that would have meant more to your beloved family if you were granted more years to dream and to fulfill in retirement with Karen. Dade County has never overlooked you, Officer Cook. Eternity has been blessed with acumen and its keen essentials. Angels and warriors true and trusted.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 16, 2020
Every woman and man has responsibilities and purposes meant to broach a peaceful environment. You gave Dade County more than its share of devotion and faithfulness, Officer Cook. Humanity thrived because of ingenuity and integrity meeting one another for your whole life of twenty-five years six spent patrolling and fulfilling your heavenly aspirations now all inspiring. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Character takes heart and loyalty conjures up a man's virtuous soul.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 16, 2020
Summer camp 2.0 is where baseball players are at now. You, Officer Cook, my neighbor, friend and hero have been resting in peace giving honesty, integrity and respectful commitment to Dade County's citizens. Sure fire humility dispersed among humanity never to be forgotten. Where wisdom and maturity id found so can you find vision that brought our serenity and freedom so that our missions and purposes may go forward. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Heaven is that place where gallantry and perfection go hand in hand.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 16, 2020
There is a period when human being's educations arrive at those honored convictions when imitation is akin to taking one's existence, yet we must take for better or worse, as our portion that through the wise universe is full of good while violence wanders from point A to point B subjecting folks to something quite racking. Your goodwill and dignity, Officer Cook, preserved Dade County from more severe troubles that tragic day when you sacrificed your life for humility and sacred scruples. All the finest character and respect from your peers that has stood as your legacy all these decades later to be humanely and warmly saluted and welcomed as an angel who soars forever around mankind. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Hugs are better than drugs and now you can forever hug and hold your spirits and those of your parents very close to you.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 16, 2020
Theories are interesting. But facts carry more weight than society will ever know. You were a very skillful and humbly engaging young man, Officer Cook. This and of itself can shed some rays of hope as to why you were deeply honored and respected within your ranks. A hero trusted and truth to his promise who watched after the residents of Dade County. Terror and trouble demanded your precise dedication, dignity and always available integrity. With humbleness can heroism by permanently etched within those walls where your blessed heart, soul and name can be forevermore solemnly saluted for bravery. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 16, 2020
Our bodies take in air and let it out. The paths and trails of our very existences depend in large part to the honesty and integrity of many brave servants. Their dignity and character extend far and wide. You patrolled to great lengths, Officer Cook, to restore a calmer environment within the friendly confines of Dade County where your memory, heroism and unselfish humility shall be legacies to be forever revered, respected, remembered and eternally cherished by your family, comrades and close friends. A person's words of trust and truth must be faithfully devoted, dedicated and enhanced as they all delivered wisdom,maturity and vision to the sounds and prosperity of peace and liberty. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 16, 2020
There is no place in society devoid of Our Creator's presence. There was no venue now secured and protected by your loving esteem and heroic honesty, Officer Cook. Dade County was that region where your dignity and integrity validated your humbleness, humility and confidently moved your character in the directions where evil was taken down. Angels who make the ultimate sacrifice their decency. desire and determination all shine brightly and the lights of their heart, soul and spirit never go out. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 15, 2020
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