Metro-Dade Police Department, Florida
End of Watch Wednesday, May 16, 1979
Reflections for Police Officer William Coleman Cook
Because of one man's evil you, Officer Cook, could not say goodbye to your family, instead very sadly Karen, your beloved wife and your beloved family had to lay your sweet heart and soul to rest for the sacrifice you made on behalf of Dade County and its people. Our stability and serenity came about because of your unwavering, unselfish and relentless dignity, character, integrity and humane honesty so full of refreshing resourceful, virtue and resiliency that penetrated the cavities of those perilous streets that you dutifully patrolled for six years of thoughtful dedication, devotion, grit and undivided fearless determination. Now as an angel may you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Morals, meaning and mettle were all succinct, consummate, tried and most truthfully to the point of our very salvation.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 25, 2023
Your faith, heart and heroic soul, Officer Cook, bore true allegiance to your undivided dedication, devotion and determination to weed out evil and to replace and replenish it with humble and simple serenity and prosperity for all Dade County folks. They'll not forget you and neither will your colleagues and friends, your beloved has an awesome yet humble onus of carrying the torch of your legacy. One minted in morals, meaningful character, commitment and the trust gained by your experience and humane gifts. You lived twenty-five years and accomplished more than we will ever comprehend. Now as an angel in heaven may God guard your soul and spirit of unselfishness and unwavering wisdom, virtue and sacred journeys undertaken for the goodwill of mankind. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 24, 2023
The gates are lit and where God's supreme glory resides is where your heroic wings, Officer Cook, soar every second. A Dade County police warrior whose life and career embodied the very ideals that comes with a gentleman who had integrity, character, honor and dignity. Public service requires prompt attention to every detail needed to grow stability, prosperity and liberty for all citizens. Your life and virtue were the most consummate vehicles of value and valor that shall be forevermore saluted for traveling down paths, trails and roads of truth, trust and humbleness just as the Lord who eternally cradles your soul and spirit. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 23, 2023
Officer Cook, your beloved and adoring family misses you each and every second. Your comrades who went to war against evil with you here in Dade County remember and offer their salutes to a hero of honesty, dignity and integrity which all validated your life and public service career where gaining peace and security for every citizen was your responsibility, an oath of sanctity undertaken with the greatest measure of loyalty, esteem, heart and humbleness. As you my neighbor, friend and hero were blessed by Our Maker with outstanding character, humane commitment to excel and a trustworthiness that supported your patrols, trails and paths of true justice for everyone not to be forgotten. Rest in peace. Virtue, vision and maturity were your compass' best guide and along with the shining lights of God and where you walk your eternal beat may light shine down upon your family as they carry your legacy of professionalism, perseverance and pride down the roads where your resourceful, diligence and resiliency were felt.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 23, 2023
A life of yearning and a professional career enhanced and uplifted by heroism, humility and an honorable heart, Dade County, Officer Cook, was surely in excellent hands when you patrolled its corridors where character, commitment, trust and truth were consummate. A man on a mission of faith, devotion, dignity and integrity underlining your heroic years of service to mankind who just as your family misses your smile and personality daily. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. A solemn salute, Officer Cook and homage that is to be revered and most cherished. A special gentleman with passion and a compassionate soul providing us with peace of mind.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 22, 2023
Such bravery and such a remarkable man who lived his for a purpose. Your family, Karen and your colleagues, Officer Cook, were your esteemed and loyal partners who shared their lives with you. Dade County was inspired by your professional honesty, integrity and dignity to be solemnly saluted and poignantly honored for its unselfish commitment, character and the truest of trusted trails and treks you directed while protecting us. Never forgotten and always treasured by mankind. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 21, 2023
A gallant man glad to serve with a great big smile on his face of honor, heart and humility. You were a warrior,heroic and strong, Officer Cook and a man of distinction who will never be forgotten by Dade County,its people, your peers and family of integrity and dignity. For character, commitment and trust may God hold in His arms your unselfish, undying and unwavering life and public service career of satisfaction, sacrifice and most of all a gentleman first class and first rate in everything you were successful in accomplishing. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 20, 2023
Badge#1664 was resilient, resourceful, virtuous and plenty heroic along with honesty and truth spoken from your humble lips of compassion, Officer Cook. Nearly forty-four years after you made the ultimate sacrifice serving Dade County and instilling peace and liberty for all your blessed and revered name has forever been saluted. A man possessing dignity,integrity, class and character and a man whose bond was observed day in and day out. A sacred affirmation to protect and to preserve was never shaken from its branches of boldness, bravery without a lot of fanfare. But now as one of Our Lord's many heroic and humbly esteemed and cherished angels may the name of Officer William Coleman Cook, be remembered and paid homage for what you represented in unselfish and unwavering scruples,ideals and upholding the highest of professional standards that will be passed down to other brave and honored women and men who distinctly serve for a purpose, your inspiration so may it live on in your family's purposes and pursuits of health, peace and prosperity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 19, 2023
Potential packed within a heart and soul so honest, heroic and very noble. Dade County was your community, Officer Cook, where you were so beloved and treasured as both a man, a humble gentleman and a wonderfully diligent public servant attuned to the folks' needs. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Character, dignity and dedicated integrity all angelic forevermore.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 19, 2023
Every turn, every corner one never knows what might occur. Here in Dade County you covered a lot of ground, Officer Cook, patrolling and seizing the humble opportunity to become a well seasoned and professional public servant. The peace and welfare of humanity rested upon you broad and heroic shoulders of integrity, decency and dignity. You will be saluted for stabilization utilizing every blade of boldness and all the sacred versatility that your charming character and clutch commitments of trust and excellency spelled out by truth directing your paths and trails of justice served properly. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 18, 2023
Your angelic wings of wisdom, honor, virtue and gladness, Officer Cook, are resting in peace my neighbor, friend and hero alongside of your unselfish and unassuming character, dignity and integrity. For they bestowed every ounce of energy from your heart and soul of vision, vitality and serenely sacred versatility. Never a more shining star who polished acumen and vigilance shall endure forever. Dade County and its residents have stability,liberty and peaceful movements going about their daily chores, purposes and agendas because of your due diligence to every detail possible while performing dangerous responsibilities to make mankind better served. A future without you, Officer Cook, we all recognize a life lost because of evil cannot be brought back, very sad indeed. God has you looking down upon your family, comrades protecting them with God truth, trust and guiding eyes of perfection. Mr. and Mrs. Cook may they too rest in peace raised a most notable and heroic son and a daughter who has not ever forgotten her younger brother and misses him every second of her life.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 18, 2023
A most heroic, honest and remarkable gentleman whose resiliency, resourcefulness and reservoirs of dignity, character and integrity all shined clearly and most succinctly throughout your life and career, Officer Cook, protecting the very foundations where serenity, security and safety shall flow. Always a man of inspiring commitment a demeanor dedicated to resolving conflicts where danger and peril lie hidden at times. You'll be solemnly saluted for everything in the validating words of discipline, determination and for blazing trials and paths of truth, virtue, wisdom and trust that is counted upon to save the day. That horrific day your loving family, comrades and friends never ever forgets. A life so pristine, yet humble and esteemed, a loyal brother who never let anyone including your devoted parents and big sister down. So much has changed since the day God took your spirit and soul back to heaven where you forever eternally patrol His perfect streets and pearly gates. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Scruples, mettle and sincerity always echoed through your vast heart one that gave the ultimate sacrifice so mankind could further enrich, enhance and capture your heroic legacy signed and sealed with liberty and justice for all.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 17, 2023
To execute good awareness, good judgment takes all the skill,talent and a bit of good fortune. You, Officer Cook, were a terrific young man who was destined for more meaningful journeys ahead. Somehow a man bent on evil robbed you of your whole life ahead and a career where retirement would have been your greatest blessing along with Karen your beloved wife. Dade County was in excellent hands when you diligently patrolled its streets with unassuming and always present dignity, honesty and integrity all from the genes of goodwill,virtue and wisdom beyond your twenty-five years. Your family, colleagues all offer a solemn salute and will forever cherish, love and adore you. You're forever in their hearts as they carry out your legacy stamped by excellent character, enriching commitment and enhancing convictions all trustworthy, humane and decent. Your paths and trails are now for other honest and brave public servants to watch over. Your angels wings are perfectly fitted for your heavenly missions all important and where no harm will come your way again. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 16, 2023
The peacemakers of the world all uniting for a common cause, a shared sacred mission to rid our communities of evil, wickedness and baseless hate and heinous bloodshed. You were an angel, Officer Cook, a secure yet humbly blessed heroic angel who bonded together with an oath to serve and protect the vital interests of those dwelling here in Dade County. peace,prosperity and everything in between must reign not anxiety and worse. With a myriad of morals, fabrics of integrity, unselfish dignity and intuition are true and trustworthy were you able to perform your assignments proudly and most willingly. No one forces someone to become a public servant where danger and peril rule the roads and your easygoing yet solemn scruples carried your directions of hope, faith and goodwill throughout your all too short six years of undivided and most compassionate and passionate service. God somehow needed your special and sweet heart, soul and spirit of virtue and wisdom surrounding Him at every moment. Your family humbly and humanely carries your legacy as a shield protecting their journeys of fruitful purposes as you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero of character, charm and commitment to excel in all that you set out to accomplish.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 16, 2023
Keep preserving God's sacred and perfect homes where honored heroes and heroines rest in peace as you do, Officer Cook, my neighbor, friend and hero. Such an esteemed man of determination, truth and trust combining your fortitude of resources to protect the citizens of Dade County and a gentleman of class and desire, integrity, character and dignity who won't be forgotten only saluted for providing the trails and paths all blessed and humbled by your loyal commitments and journeys just created for your sweet and unselfish soul and heart of humility.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 16, 2023
Violence and evil leave destruction and evil that tears apart families forever changing lives that cannot be replaced. Your honor, integrity and vital dignity, Officer Cook, all were sincere and moat heroically and humbly appreciated by Dade County's citizens. Never forgotten was your amazing heart, soul and blessed character, commitment and the truest of convictions that spearheaded our tranquility and freedom to purpose that opportunity that God has placed before us. He took such a man of virtue, diligence and humane wisdom back to His eternal home where your angelic wings stay attached to you forever. You soar as an eagle watching and protecting your loved ones, comrades and a host of friends who knew a really mature man of devotion, faithfulness and sacred journeys all carried out with class, decency and the highest scopes of morals and dedication. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. You are missed very much. I do keep in touch with one of your colleagues of the past and a blessed and dear friend, Officer Keith DiGenova.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 15, 2023
You were honorable, heroic, humble and humanely cherished, Officer Cook and the people of Dade County, your home and community where for six years you patrolled the landscapes of dignity, hope and integrity won't ever forget their friend and fellow brother in arms. Protecting our harmony and stability are surely never simple nor routine but with an ample supply of character, morals and courage, your trails and paths of truth and trust were never clearer. We salute you for virtue, maturity and the wisdom of both a very diligent and vigilant public servant who service was vital and essential to our lives continuing forward just wished yours was similar. God has you my neighbor, friend and hero cradled forever in His wings of unwavering. unselfish and tireless perfection forevermore. Rest in peace,
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 11, 2023
The grand plans of humans who strive to help make our world a safer and more secure place where your integrity, dignity,character and honorable respect carry much weight. Yours, Officer Cook, were blessed by virtue, humble esteem, loyalty and the success that despite being robbed of further living you culminated your life and career of courage, conviction and commitment on behalf of Dade County with every scope of trust,truth and the genuine wisdom that has been duly saluted as your heroic legacy grows each moment since God took you home to heaven to watch and to patrol His pearly gates of perfection, perseverance and nothing will ever harm your sweet and special heart, soul and spirit again. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 10, 2023
Faith, devotion and dignity always honored and present in Dade County where your sweet soul,heart and spirit of integrity, Officer Cook, was heroically doing its utmost outstanding job preserving the quality of our lives. Yours ended way too soon stolen out from under you by Mr.Pearsall a monster and a vile and despicable coward who nearly robbed your fellow officers and close friends, Officers DiGenova and Edgerton of theirs. They lived because of God's saving grace as the doctors and paramedics worked feverishly to save yours, Officer Cook. Serenity and security are not a given and never should be taken for granted. Neither will you be overlooked for heroism and genuine love and esteem, loyalty to be solemnly cherished forever. Your character, trust and truth are the paths and trails you blazed for other brave officers to follow in. May they remain safe and conduct their professional jobs accordingly. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Your legacy keeps rising up the ladders of strength, virtue and wisdom.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 9, 2023
Officer Cook, you were the consummate blessed, humble and most honorably heroic public servant who gave your life for Dade County residents to live safe and tranquil lives of prosperity and hope. Such goodwill, dignity, character and integrity that is forever blessed in God's eternal home of humility, heart and unselfish sacrifice. A commitment and conviction bounded by the trails of truth and trust and paths all directed by Our Lord's compassionate hands. Such missions and journeys are carried out by your sacred affirmation of awareness, vigilance, respect and wisdom. Your maturity was way beyond the crowd as you demonstrated such faithful diligence, warmth and charisma in the very heinous face of an evil man. You continue to reap your humane rewards as today being Easter your spirit and soul can gracefully watch over your loved ones enjoying their blessed holiday because of "Uncle Bo's" attention to detail piloted by perseverance and well prepared desire. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 9, 2023
Your drive and desire are fortified by integrity, dignity and honesty as yours were, Officer Cook, while stopping crime and protecting the good folks of Dade County where serenity, safety and the pursuits of life are for all to partake of. Your family, department will forever remember you and the heroic life and career you followed by exemplifying the quality of morals and discipline. A gallant young man taken away from this earth way too soon with virtue, wisdom and sacred trails attached to your uniform and humble badge of heart and spirit. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Character that was class. Loyalty that was treasured and never forgotten. The skies above have one golden angel wrapped in Our Master's palms for eternal safekeeping.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 8, 2023
Yesterday, I spoke with Officer Keith DiGenova, Officer Cook, he seems to be doing well as I wished him and his family a happy Easter which is what you should be celebrating tomorrow with your beloved wife Karen. The indignity of having your life and career stolen away by one man's wanton violence against you and your fellow officers of heroism, honor and dignity. Your heart and soul were very special and quite versatile in that Dade County and its people were so well protected by your fundamental resources of character, commitment and conviction all loyal, true to form and trusted as you were fearless, tireless and unselfish in your pursuits for peace, prosperity, hope and faithful goodwill. As your families gather tomorrow you can be sure you and your beloved parents won't be forgotten. Only saluted and humbly remembered for giving you and your big sister, Nancy the branches and roots of politeness and well rounded ideals, values and scruples. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 8, 2023
Such a brave gentleman who gave his heart and soul for the citizens of Dade County to live peacefully among each other. Honesty, integrity, dignity and humility must somehow be demonstrated at all moments no matter the circumstance and you proved beyond a shadow of doubt why you had and maintained excellent character, commitment and conviction throughout your life of virtue, truth and trust. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 5, 2023
The fundamentals of freedom and fairness were enhanced, enriched and heroically uplifted by your character, decency and professional integrity, dignity and honesty, Officer Cook. Dade County was very fortunate to have you in their midst protecting, observing and preserving the good faith and prosperity of all mankind. You are to be saluted for virtue, wisdom and the resourcefulness of devotion, truth and trustworthiness all so loyal and treasured. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Commitment and intuition all made their presence count and as an angel they forever now patrol the golden gates of heaven.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 4, 2023
No one is invincible. No one should have their heart, soul and honor stolen away from them and their families because of wanton, callous and heinous evil, violence and wickedness that society has had to deal with for hundreds if not more years. Your responsibility and oath, Officer Cook, was undertaken with a great measure of thought and sacred meaning. This is the career path you willingly chose and its was supported by your family, wife and everyone who knew a great man of humility,integrity and dignity that upheld more than the letter of the law. Dade County remembers a stoic, stellar and first class individual and public servant who left behind more than a footnote of sincerity, wisdom and virtue combined to make your patrols over us more vivid and vital than evermore. You deserve all the humane honors and salutes for leaving an impression never to be erased nor overlooked. Truth and trust yielded productivity and desire all from your diligent and vigilant heart and soul of versatility. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. You were an institution of learning and yearning to become the finest comrade to all who fought those difficult battles where live hung in the balance. You achieved more in your all too short twenty-five years than most do in a lifetime. God heroic angels can surely soar higher each moment and badge#1664 represented class, courtesy, reverence and excellent character, caring and solid commitment.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 3, 2023
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