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

The elevator to that proverbial penthouse of perseverance, precision and proficiency must never stop honor, integrity and dignity must never stop. It must keep uplifting the character, courage and the forceful commitments and convictions of all public servants strong willed and brave of heart. Your meter of achievement and advancement probably would have ascended, Officer Cook, if not for one man's persistent violence against you and your Dade County comrades all loyal, devoted and resolute in their humane and heroic fights versus violence. You'll always be a legend of the highest level of humility, trust and heroism. Now and forevermore are you held, Officer Cook, in God's arms of compassion for safekeeping. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 13, 2019

Pure and honest speech leads to clean and concise thoughts. Your respect and language, Officer Cook, was of the highest standards and precisely why you have been paid honor and homage for sacrificing over forty years ago for determination, truth and trust to judiciously carry on. Dade County owes you a debt of gratefulness, Officer Cook, which may never be repaid to a man, a gentleman whose life and heart was of proper integrity and the stellar character which is required and expected from all duly sworn public servants who race right into the thorns of terror and danger. You endeavored to reach out and stop a man from causing bodily injury to yourself, your colleagues and most importantly to the people whom you devotedly served. Our harmony, unity and liberty came as a direct result of your undying and unending efforts to settle a difficult event before it grew into a more chaotic set of circumstances which tragically took your life, Officer Cook, in the performance of your professional duties and responsibilities. Burdens and onuses are at times hard to juggle, one man cannot go at violence alone. Badge#1664 will be valiantly saluted and honored for mettle, morals and fundamental values, scruples and ideals intended to enhance the fabric of society. Humility and humbleness are now and for eternity tightly fastened around Our Lord's shoulders from safekeeping. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 13, 2019

Like a rabid animal, violence and terror spread quickly if not grabbed and stopped right away. For Dade County and its citizens' sakes, thankfully you responded to that call, Officer Cook, domestic or otherwise who could contemplate what more might have occured? Action does not always mean yelling, screaming or acting out of kilter. It means keeping honest and calm while trying to solve a major situation. Your demeanor and decency displayed why you are hailed as a savior and have been remembered for unquestionable character, humble commitment to only excellence and the vital convictions that often determine the outcome. of course that day your family, comrades and host of friends and acquaintances wished it would have been different. Now you are a heroic angel, Officer Cook fitted with wings to utilize your vigilance and due diligence from the perfect perches in the skies of a serene heaven above. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 13, 2019

Noticeable to some, yet honor and reverence should not be afraid to distinguish their faces of ferocity while out on patrol absorbing and dealing with any types of problems, all men and women face their inherent dangers with valor and dignity. Always well controlled and well maintained, your integrity and character, Officer Cook, made that indelible impression upon society and in general in Dade County representing its people against the ruins and ravages of a nasty individual bent on pure violence. The day will come for all evildoers to be properly meted out punishments, while the righteous will be graced with their rewards from Our Master high above. For endearing, enriching and enhancing may your soul of humility and security, Officer Cook, rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 13, 2019

The elasticity of effort, the honorable bonds of bravery and its humbleness, all meshed very well during your career and life, Officer Cook, serving and protecting the lives and peace here in Dade County. A young man so gifted with dignity and wrapped in integrity whose character helped to conquer callousness and pure evil. A legacy of heroism passed down to all future officers wh otoo face grave dangers and peril at times overseeing our moments of joy and happiness, one shattered that fateful day of May 16, 1979, when you willingly sacrificed your mortal soul on behalf of humanity. This surely embodies the breath of resolve, the actions of resiliency and the unrelenting challenges to dig deeper to battle, claw and fight and scrap with such an ignominious foe. Never forgotten and saluted for loyalty, faithfulness and visionary esteem. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 13, 2019

A quitter has no role in the peace and safety process that demands expedience from its most devoted, determined and dedicated of women and men, all honest, dignified and with integrity of character. Dade County scaled the highest of points in terms of getting quality care in your heroic actions that saved lives of the citizens and those whom you took an affirmation to protect. The gates of heaven are filled with angels all gallant and brave whose courage fortified humanity through their inspirational nobility and humbleness. You are to be rewarded, saluted and honored for advancing mankind's goals, aspirational dreams and pursuits of joy. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 12, 2019

There is no clout for one who pouts. Tout honor and humility the way you carried your heroic dignity and integrity, Officer Cook. For a life of service and humble distinction you served Dade County very well acquitting yourself of bravery and high standards for a profession where codes of conduct and relevance are always expected. You never shied away from anything evil, Officer Cook and your resourcefully unwavering and unselfish sacrifice bears these facts out. Hope springs eternal for our very lives, happiness, peaceful futures one that would have been made greater if you were here now with your family and friends, Officer Cook. The skies have your warm and endearing soul of commitment encircling the world looking down on humility and civility been taken out on patrol of those streets where peril and sometimes fate run together. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Amazing man of strength and endurance during those brutal wars over a foe of some feverish ferocity. Thank God your tenacity, Officer Cook, was just what our very spirits needed.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 12, 2019

The craziness just continues to fly in. The madness worse than one with mettle and morals. A man so charming and full of decent and most humbly honorable character filling his roles of solving and resolving with all his might, with all his heart. you were a grand man, Officer Cook and so Dade County was well taken care of in terms of defending our liberties and priorities. We thank you, Officer Cook, for your honesty, dignity and integrity which gave wickedness the fight of its life. Always well remembered, always faithful and loyal to any and all challenges that were sent your direction. A sacrifice worth paying attention to forevermore. Commitment to stay the course, conviction to courage and character that was and always will be paid homage to. Vital and vigorous in your journeys in life now shuttled to another higher sphere where the pain, hurt and suffering won't ever annoy your soul, Officer Cook. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Enriching means having the gumption and the wisdom of keen sight to view what your objectives are to succeed mightily.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 12, 2019

It's just pathetic all this evil this keeps pervading our society. Good men and women taken from this world and their loving families by an undeniable thirst of some to commit such heinous acts of violence and terror. You prevented, protected and persevered, Officer Cook, as well as any public servant worth their honor, integrity and the characters of dignity. Dade County was well maintained by your unrelenting and very unselfish heroism and passion. Always the treasured and cherished continue sadly to be uplifted to heaven to serve Our Maker as a hero or heroine. The souls and their angel wings keep flying ever so higher everyday. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. geared to gallantry and determined to humbly secure your community that salutes and has respected your legacy, Officer Cook. It keeps illuminating our darkest of skies. Only light shall come from your mortal soul, its spirit compassionate and with a gentle heart of sincerity.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 12, 2019

When a brave man or woman encounters evil they never run away. They gallantly and honorably pursue it in an effort to heroically relieve a community such as Dade County from undue harm and even worse fates. You gave your life, Officer Cook, one of dignity and integrity from fortitude to continue marching on. A valiant soul of quality and esteem whose loyalty and faith helped you to optimistically face an enemy so determined to ruin our very values that society live sand thrives for. Always saluted and heroically honored for having the salvation to serve and to preserve the core values of life. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 12, 2019

When you observe the pictures, faces and portraits of our very humble and honest heroes and heroines you notice, stability, humility and versatility jump right back at you. Your life and public service career, Officer Cook, has been and is forever duly noted. The dust may have settled, but, the memories are always there among your beloved family members and colleagues of courage, integrity and dignity. Dade County and its residents prospered under your watch over them and your battles trying to maintain calm amid the chaos of violence and terror. A well rounded man of resolve, resilience whose character was vital to the vigilance you kept up while securing and protecting. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 12, 2019

Your life, Mr. Pearsall was a tragedy for you killed a good solid man of honor and integrity in Officer Cook and nearly killed his colleagues that awfully somber afternoon. No matter, Officer Cook, you have been recognized and humbly saluted for having the distinctions of determination, dedication and devotion to duty. Dade County and its people needed the humble esteem, courage and the fountains of ferocity rumbling in your gut, Officer Cook. You never gave in nor caved in to violence. Your instincts, intuition and ingenuity were all of a gallant and fundamentally sound mode. Decades later, " Brother Bill" as you were called paid the dearest price for freedom and unity and won't be forgotten. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero of character, conviction and sterling commitment to excellence and pride now oozing from your mortal soul in God's celestial kingdom. Wisdom and vision to cherish. Respect and reverence to surely treasure.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 12, 2019

Being timid can surely never whip wickedness. Having tenacity at least points you in the right direction of diligence and honor. It was born from your humble and humanely sound home, Officer Cook, where under the eyes and ears of your lovely and wonderful parents may they now rest in peace was the venue where dignity and integrity were preached, practiced an inbred within your heroic soul of harmony. Dade County would never forget your outstanding, uplifting and cheerful character which led other brave comrades through danger and peril. Humanity was well respected and very well emblazoned with your legacy to carry on forever. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 12, 2019

Tradition is not superstition. The gallant and honorable who made that supreme sacrifice for liberty and freedom rest soundly in God's lairs of angelic humility. Your dignity and heroic integrity, Officer Cook, are Dade County humble reminders of a man of character devoted to the faithful principles of law and order, fairness and firmness. Our dedication to morals and the finer points of character come directly from your soul and heart. Always in our thoughts as you were a hero of humble perseverance who extolled God's purposes for why we must have violence and evil lifted away from our land. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 11, 2019

A public servant full of haughtiness will never understand humility. What it takes to make a humble servant is the reliances, the assurances that forever as they protect us so too will their honor, integrity and dignity stay affixed to their side. It certainly did you good, Officer Cook and surely enhanced and enriched your life, career and outstanding character. The conclusions to draw not assume is that you were a very faithful and devoted hero who delivered the covenants of peace that covered our very souls like a blanket. God has your humility and wisdom wrapped tightly around His giant palms for perfect preservation. You are very much missed and will be humbly honored for enforcing and connecting with your community that revered, respected and reached out to your blessed heroic name in times of strife and sorrow. Pain and grief from your loss I know was painted on your mother's face and after forty years without her darling and beloved son on March 7th of this year finally was reunited with you and your dad may you all be rewarded by Our Lord and rest in peace.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 11, 2019

God's gifts to humanity, society and mankind are His heroes and heroines whose bravery, patience and honesty are spread so far and wide making our roads, venues, streets and corners more superior in safety, security and in hopeful serenity. Your enhancements, Officer Cook, left Dade County and its citizens well prepared to meet the future demands. Even though you are not here because of one man's commission of cowardly evil against your cherished soul, we still feel the dignity, integrity and humility touching our every walk of life. Our pathways preserved by your trails of tenacity and justice, fair and firm. When truth and trust run parallel to one another it's vision and wisdom running along mettle,morals and values pure and simple. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. The mercy of the Lord shines down from the heavens above with your mortally humble soul blessed and rewarded for saving lives so impactful.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 11, 2019

The lights flash. The buttons get pushed. It's time to enter a new world where violence and evil must be immediately uprooted from our very humanity. Sure it does time, all the skills and feats of heroes and heroines alike basically giving of themselves, their class and honor and most of all integrity, character and the decency of dignity. Living by these doctrines were you able to patrol, Officer Cook, in and around Dade County searching for a sense of purpose, reason and quiet times for its citizens. Heaven's lights are full of humility and civility to fully augment sanctity and fruition within those perfect and proud gates where Our Lord has many spirited souls of unrelenting resolve and proficient undertakings. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero of character and determination to see things through, though sadly your life was deemed as complete all too soon because of one man's insatiable quest to ruin the very foundations of our bravery and honorable establishment.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 11, 2019

Those who knew you, Officer Cook, remember you just the way you were and just the way your cherished and most heroically honorable soul now rests in peace my neighbor, friend and hero tucked away with your uniform of pride, your integrity and dignity tightened to your belt and honor always there by your unselfish heart the one that pursued peace for Dade County's residents and made the humane sacrifice on society's behalf to seal in security and a balance of vision and wisdom within those interiors of ingenuity, intuition and intelligence. Thank goodness for your maturity, mettle and basic fundamentals of fairness and firmness, ferocity and the everlasting trust and truth from a most dignified public servant.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 11, 2019

Treasures to revere. Courage and honor to respect. Dignity and integrity to incorporate into your daily routines of trust and truth for all Dade County. Never a missed beat, Officer Cook, nor an absence of character, caution and careful consideration before heroically acting to save lives and preserve some semblance of tranquility with all your heart and might. Your character and humble journeys, Officer Cook, have always been solemnly honored for their sufficient amount of effort and resolve put forth by a very decent and most nobly dedicated public servant. Your soul rings that eternal bell in heaven of boldness and gallantry now utilized to walk that proverbial protecting those pearly gates where heroes and heroines have perfect peace as they sleep soundly in their pillows of perseverance. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 11, 2019

Earthquakes shake the very core, the foundation of the structures God has put in place. With your courage and compassion, dignity, integrity and very instruments of honesty, Officer Cook, were you able and vitally prepared to pursue the violence which that terrible day shook Dade County, your beloved family and members of your department. Only the best service toward humanity with an unwavering amount of humility and overall excellent character and staunch commitments to secure and make safe havens for happiness, peace and prosperity for mankind. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Your valor has been vaulted to a higher and heroically humbly heroic plain in Our Creator's forests of fruition, perfection where angels of valor ssoar higher each moment.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 11, 2019

Well blessed. Well schooled. Well dignified. A very well lived life and heroic career of honor and integrity, Officer Cook, cut way, way short because of one man's uprising against his girlfriend and the public servants of Dade County who provide and instill tranquility and accountability in all their humane and humble activities. You were so trusted, truthful and courageous, Officer Cook, humanity was humbled by your character, vision, wisdom and maturity beyond your years. You look back at your picture taken over forty years ago behind the American flag and nothing but accomplishment, fruition and success walked those very fine lines of tenacity and resiliency. Honorably remembered and paid homage to for sanctity and the wheels of justice going forward by your undying, unwavering, unselfish and unrelenting fight against pure evil. The very best of morals and perseverance backing, supporting and engaging those whom you served with and the people you watched over. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 10, 2019

The Constitution of the United States protects and defends our rights as citizens while honorable men and women ferociously preserve the quality of life. So vital and so vigilant were you, Officer Cook, so humble and heroically dignified and with your sterling character did you go out and keep the peace in Dade County. Forty-six years ago you began your career and after six years of promise, perseverance and pristine resolve did one man's unearthly violence take your beautiful and blessed soul back to heaven where you now walk that proverbial beat guarding those perfectly sacred gates of gallantry, conviction and crystal clear commitment to pride and excellence. A true warrior and savior to be poignantly honored and saluted for loyalty and humility, esteem and efficiency as you always preached. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 10, 2019

A quick learner knows their limits and obtains the resources necessary to carry out their esteemed positions of trust and truth. Tenacity and ferocity are linked together because their one two punch can usually help bring violence and wickedness to their knees. You spoke, Officer Cook and Dade County'd folks at least tried to heed your message. A man whose heroic actions protected the public from a very wayward and disrespectful man who was focused on rage and harm. Always the most excellent of character, dignity and integrity was utilized to restore peace and serenity. You are an angel in heaven, Officer Cook, with your humane and gentle soul soaring higher everyday. Nothing will disturb your peaceful patrols of God's heavenly sacred gates. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 10, 2019

Adored, beloved, brave and bold, surely your soul, Officer Cook, has been burning brightly in God's clearest of skies, its havens so pristine and perfect, it's where angels of honor, integrity and dignity float gently looking over our world where humble and heroic public servants search for some semblance of truth and trust. Your pursuits of goodwill, Officer Cook, offered Dade County and its citizens a glimpse into the man and loyal officer that encapsulated your life and humble career. One of heroism, resolve and the gumption of stellar character and proud commitment. Humility followed your life, Officer Cook and days where sometimes the darkest of clouds followed your patrols of justice while looking for danger and peril. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Cherished and highly respected, you'll be humbly saluted and duly honored for your sacrifice on mankind's behalf.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 10, 2019

Violence conceals its brutal side that attempts to shake the harmonious framework of humanity. Only one confident and humble can at least endeavor to capture those intent on injuring and even worse, taking innocent lives of those who journey after justice, truth and trust. Your missions, Officer Cook, were brave and honest, resourceful and full of enhancement that Our Lord has framed in His palaces of perfection and perseverance where integrity, character and the heroic touches of dignity stroll now and forever. Dade County was served, protected and preserved by a gentleman of gallantry and hopeful enrichment. Never far from our minds and hearts. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 10, 2019

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