Metro-Dade Police Department, Florida
End of Watch Wednesday, May 16, 1979
Reflections for Police Officer William Coleman Cook
The mandate is year round and never sleeps soundly. Integrity, dignity and honesty make their sacrifices and pilgrimages around the many various venues searching for silence and safety. Not an easy task and the onuses too many to count. Badge#1664, yours, Officer Cook,was always accounted for as its looked for its divine guidance every second your watched over the folks of Dade County. Heroism and resolve are earned not given out as a gift. Talent and skills are achieved when good character rises to the top after studious training and candid preparations to take that next step up the ladder to the roads. Our stability and happiness were broached by your boldness and tireless bravery to be remembered, saluted and etched within humanity's cornerstones for generations to come. Those shirts that say,"I Died For You," deliver an important, pertinent and quite poignant message to be heeded carefully. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
May 23, 2020
With a penchant for perseverance and a proficiency for pride and diligence, there was nothing pedestrian regarding your respect and resilient character and forever humble faithfulness to your family and department, Officer Cook. One of the many Dade County police heroes and heroines whose life and career galvanized grateful appeal. It brought honor and humility to the surface of integrity and dignity. Anything and everything dug into a solution for finding harmony and the fairness of dealing with a public that expects and places demands upon the broadest of shoulders of their warriors. Wickedness unloads its chapters of callousness upon our doors and you, Officer Cook, being the hero you have been and deservedly so hailed as came to the rescue. Your life and career ended by a human being lacking any class,manners and honesty. Not one good bone in Mr.Pearsall's being. Your blessed and mindful heart and soul have been rewarded by Our Master for its fortitude and unshakeable ferocity always full speed ahead. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. The ground where you sleep soundly is consecrated by your inner convictional principles all from a devout and happy upbringing.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
May 23, 2020
There was an effusion of love, respect, endearment and yet, the sorrow of your untimely loss, Officer Cook, to your wonderful family, welcome comrades and close knit friends. They all witnessed and viewed a very vibrant man of virtue and versatility working in a professional organization of sisters and brothers whose broadest of missions are to band together to eliminate evil from this world. The patterns were there, the assignments difficult and in the entire framework there was always honesty, dignity and the outreaches of integrity. A character first class, top notch and full of energy and that smile taken to God's scenic home of trust and truth. Dade County and its citizens have surely missed badge #1664 and its respected public servant whose noble scruples matched perfectly with humility, civility and the sanctity of your chosen labors of love and loyalty. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
May 23, 2020
Being inept is not a part of stoic integrity. Dignity and honesty would be seen limping around while on their patrols of peace while protection and quality of service are mandatory. Your functions, Officer Cook, were to keep Dade County and its people serenely secure while branching out to maintain its beauty and texture. The streets, roads and corners all looked to you and your unrelenting resourcefulness. A gentleman of sacrifice, respect and charm whose life was so wantonly taken from your family and colleagues. A man of meaningful missions, whose sacred cornerstones brought newer definitions to desire, devotion and determination. We salute your instincts and perpetual heroism. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
May 23, 2020
A volatile man striking down men of versatility, nearly taking their lives while yours, Officer Cook, was heroically and honorably given so that Dade County and its residents could have tranquility and liberty planted happily at their doors. Should not have happened and forever its sadness continues to linger on this day. Dignity,integrity and incredible character and loyal convictions left on the streets where you served and protected with reliability, courtesy and dominant accountability. The brave and well mannered receive their blessings and rewards from Our King of compassion and mercy. May your esteemed heart, spirit and soul rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Your virtues, Officer Cook performed only for the sake of heaven to promote goodwill among mankind. That's the truth and trust of your sacred lips, eyes and ears.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
May 23, 2020
The upheaval of evil is just disgusting as it levels mankind with all sorts of calamity and callous actions. Your resolute demeanor, Officer Cook, promised those bonds of honored heroics and the respect and admiration of all your family, friends and comrades who teamed with you to make Dade County safer and sounder once more. Cannot overlook your passions and compassions both utilized where their affects could be noticeably felt and shared by one and all. Your certainly built foundations to a brighter future one where your smile would have made that indelible impression. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
May 23, 2020
The sugar makes the food more sweeter. The flair and fervor of an officer gives their department that uplift. The winds of wickedness blow fiercely and women and men of proper conduct and honor go about chasing these villains of crime and bedlam. Exactly what you pursued on behalf of Dade County and the complete and unconditional welfare of their people, Officer Cook. All ferocity and all seriousness doing your professional endeavors to annihilate evil. Respected by humanity which misses you today and for eternity as you observe your family, friends and esteemed and valiant colleagues going after aggression. It only agitates mankind keeping them from their visions of happiness and health. Good bless you, Officer Cook, a hero and a man of humane pride. Forty-one years ago your sacrifice was and is never forgotten. A hearty salute of poignant homage is paid to you. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
May 23, 2020
Your beloved family, Officer Cook,should always take solace and feel the comfort of a grateful community where you served and protected with all your honest heroic might and heart of character and enrichment. Dade County and its citizens will forever remember your kindness, goodwill, hope and faithful ventures trying to seek peace and enhance greater bonds of esteem within society. It took hard work and a mutual admiration of dedicated individuals to make it happen. Respect and sanctity poured into your dreams and aspirations now everyone's inspiration. A hero of the deepest principles and values to share . Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
May 23, 2020
Meant to say gall is appalling. Only stay in motion and permeate positive to achieve the optimal results. Dade County felt your considerate heart and soul , Officer Cook, heroically chasing after danger while pursuing peace and unity. Our happiness shall certainly be attributed to your fine efforts and energies of character and the thirst for knowledge which allowed you the humble opportunity to both lead and direct others comrades through those mazes of peril and terror. Resolve and efficiency always at the top of the hill. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
May 23, 2020
Gall id appalling. Grit and gumption only make up part of gallantry. It can only be enhanced by one's heroic and humane honor, reserved dignity and humble integrity. The wars, battles and fights over evil and violence still smoulder today, one day real soon its flames shall be permanently extinguished for good. For Dade County's sake, Officer Cook, your endearing presence promised so much. Respect and admiration wrapped around your outstanding character, excellent commitments and the pride you took in wearing a humble uniform and badge to secure mankind's sidewalks. Never forgotten and saluted for unselfish and tireless bravery. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
May 23, 2020
We pretend to be things we are not. Police cannot pretend for their astuteness must be centered and focused upon making society safer once again. You mattered, Officer Cook, you made Dade County honorable forevermore with your humility and accentuated acumenic heroism. Surely character, respect and commitment all filter in during one's devotion to calls of onus and resolve. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. With vision and wisdom your life and career have entered that promised place of precision where you can walk your proverbial beats unharmed.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
May 23, 2020
The outline for a most resourceful hero is the fact of their open honesty, dedicated dignity and intensely unending integrity. They take the battles to evil and violence. No doubt Officer Cook, your heroic name rests soundly in those heavens above where perfection shall always prevail. A servant worth being saluted for character, respect and trust. Your badge and uniform spelled out the letters of peace and prosperity on behalf of Dade County. You deserved to live, Officer Cook, God took your beautiful heart and soul back home to be with your father, Charles, may you both rest in peace and your mother too, Mrs. Julia Cook. A devout and most truthfully faithful family. North Miami Beach,Fl surely misses allof you and your engaging smile and serious work ethics.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
May 22, 2020
Twenty-five is still a young age. A ripe time when life and happiness should abound with joy and good health. Sustenance, serenity and wisdom all tapped from your unwavering,undying and always tireless devotion to serving Dade County with respect, loyalty and the greatest of heroic admiration, Officer Cook. Badge#1664 made its voyages, took its missions and responsibilities very seriously. Your blessed name, heart and soul will be saluted and revered in earnest forever. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
May 22, 2020
If the shoes fit right then humility and honor will be in the right location. If something is tight and amiss then honesty, integrity and dignity may not be squarely where they belong. You were an essential part of Dade County, Officer Cook, your home and where you worked and patrolled to give life a new meaning. Hard to say, we might assume if you were alive and well retirement for you and Karen would have been ideal. She married a man, a gentleman of grand character, a lovely smile, hope and goodwill all from a positive upbringing. It should not have ended so heinously. Humanity had greater love for you and your life and career had more journeys to take. Horizons never so narrow. Trails paved so richly. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
May 22, 2020
Every waking moment of a devoted public servant's life and career is about a sense of urgency. Quashing those fires of evil that give violence its branding mark to disfigure society's appeal and cause. Your role and goal, Officer Cook, was to make Dade County and its folks safer and more secure. Those blankets of gallantry and character fit exactly as Our Lord made them. Now in heaven my neighbor, friend and hero can your soul soar higher with God's expertly fitted wings of glory. An angel doing his eternal job to make certain his loved ones, peers and acquaintances are safe by day and quiet at nightfall.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
May 22, 2020
With an anvil for truth and justice, the flagship of your unwavering life and career, Officer Cook, was protected by a thick layer of learned honesty,integrity and a sea of dignity. You could not go wrong. It's a shame and a travesty the man who took your life did relate to this theory, it's more fact. Character so humble, transparency so humane, society felt the affects of your sacred purposes for which you forged good relationships among mankind. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Forever a heroic legend in Dade County and around the world.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
May 22, 2020
The mothership of your morals, mettle and meaningful life and career, Officer Cook, was the heroically honored ferocity you expended to defeat evil, to stop wayward violence to expose heinous and callous actions and to obliterate them so that Dade County would be secure once more. Always dignified andpoised with a relentless passion to serve and to protect, it's Our Creator who has your unselfish character, commitment and trusted of convictions may you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
May 22, 2020
With a colony of courage, care, concern and consideration there should not have been as much consternation, Officer Cook, as you were the consummate honorable and adored heroic of your family and all Dade County. You were a blessed young name conceived with a good name, loyal and faithful to your comrades at arms who like yourself were brave and all possessed character and excellent commitment. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. serenity and security take all the maturity, wisdom and vision to replicate on a daily basis. If you stay on those virtuous trails success will rediscover itself.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
May 22, 2020
In police work I don't personally believe anything is routine and simple. I had a saying working nights delicately brutal or action packed. In five minutes one call can be a standoff involving a whole day at a scene to try and rectify communications and to coerce one to surrender before things multiply out of kilter. Sadly, on May 16,1979, While serving the residents of Dade County the final minutes of your day turned deadly and because of Mr.Pearsall and his rage your life and career ended terribly. Dignity, integrity, character and commitment called to God's heavenly chambers of courage where your blessed name and soul my neighbor, friend and hero is resting in peace. Diabolical to say the least and to Officers Lincoln, DiGenova , Edgerton and Detective Blocker their comrade, you , Officer Cook are forever saluted and hailed as a hero. The highest rights given to a humanely humble gentleman girded in strength and blessed by God's divine glory.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
May 21, 2020
No time to waste when evil is out and about doing its ugly part. Society can't wait for some semblance of justice, truth and trust to take its bite at wiping violence off the pavements. Dade County was a respected area where you concentrated your best efforts, Officer Cook, all heroism and honesty built into the bridges of mankind. Dignity,integrity and goodwill must reach out and take advantage of when their moments arrive. You'll always be revered, admired and greatly treasured. God knows His angels. He sees heroism and purpose every waking second. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
May 21, 2020
One cannot stop caring about a fallen officer. We cannot sit back and let nature play itself out. Your rich life and promising career, Officer Cook, assisted in eliminating the foul odors of wickedness and for this sacrifice Dade County's folks could not be happier. Your pride crisply worn everyday you served, every moment of honor and integrity, every second you breathed dignity, character and commitment were around the bend waiting to seize the opportunity to resolve and to restore law and order. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
May 21, 2020
With an ear for hearing and an eye for seeing two organs instrumental in working in tandem to blockout terror and evil. Mayhem in Dade County that awful day caused by one man acting alone, Officer Cook. One heroic young man whose vision and virtues were on par with honor, dignity and respect for integrity. Our tranquility and purpose proceeded while yours sadly ended because of his violent nature. You'll always be remembered as a devoted soul with a considerate heart of giving back. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
May 21, 2020
Elephants stampede over their grounds. Evil rages like wildfire out of control. All any common sense person trained to accomplish those arduous tasks can do is stayed level headed and focused on honesty, integrity and the ingenuity that dignity relies upon. Dade County was your zone, Officer Cook, where your zest and zeal meant as much to successes as did your character, valiant as ever and dignity so trusted and truthful. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
May 21, 2020
Violent actions usually result in a loss of life. Police risk theirs daily to stamp out this cowardness that jeopardizes humanity's pursuits of save havens. You formulated your plans of action, Officer Cook, implanting peace and secure streets for Dade County residents. Always cool, calm and collected intimes of crisis, a, man filled with engaging heart and a soul of integrity, honor and dignity's passions. Never forgotten and saluted for humanely sacred purposes. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
May 21, 2020
Gladness and grit, all the methods utilized in solving adversity. Of course, your honesty, reverence and dignity, Officer Cook, all made goodwill a forever by-product of Dade County and its citizens could not be more grateful to you their hero and your family's. Today, as everyone in some way moves forward your memory, life and career cannot be overlooked for its humility and respect served mankind with class and decency. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
May 21, 2020
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