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 wheels turn. Justice at times seems to be going full speed and yet mistakes get made in the deliberations of trust and truth. Your common sense approaches, Officer Cook, meant leveling the playing fields in and around Dade County. The consummate public servant out there protecting the ingenuity of all society. You can be certain your blessed and revered name and will never be forgotten. The heavens above receive virtue and the good awareness needed to solve and to preserve life. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Honor, dignity and integrity don't need enemies as they must be calm and humble during tense moments.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 3, 2019

The best tools to utilize when battling, fighting and giving your life and career to conquer evil is one's feet, eyes, ears and legs. Yours, Officer Cook, saved Dade County and its citizens from much adversity and because of your unselfish, unwavering and undying acumen could your vigilance and diligence stand the tests of time. Honesty, reverence and the parts of dignity and integrity performed marvelously when they were called upon. Never better resolve and humbleness. Mankind solemnly salutes heroes and heroines such as yourself, Officer Cook. Humanity was fulfilled by your faithful embraces which delivered morals and mettle, the kind that grand character brings to civility. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 3, 2019

Clarity is the very best vehicle of realization. Of course, honor and integrity, dignity and respect take those brave and humble souls of serenity further down those trails of tenacity than one might think. You were a hero and tremendously dedicated to all Dade County and its people, Officer Cook. Always loyal and considerate, polite and pristine, sure wish evil did not take a great man from his loving family and police comrades. The best of humility and character driving down those roads and streets marked with mischief and many other impediments that can limit the free flow of freedom, goodwill and hope. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 3, 2019

We must be adamant and rise above this evil and frustrating trip around society this wickedness plans. All any worthy and loyal officer can do is to perform their tasks openly and honorably stay focused on the business at hand with trust and the ferocity that dignity and integrity believe in. As united we stand we all may fall at some point and the assignment to is dust yourself off and to continue battling a foe so adverse as you did, Officer Cook, as a Dade County hero. Good habits are infectious just as ingenuity, intuition and intelligence are to the plans of women and men, desirable and decent in their humble undertakings. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 2, 2019

Arrested and abated, tough to tackle the crimes that threaten to take down our peaceful environments. Your days and six years of professional service, Officer Cook, were well spent cruising the venues and corners looking for the remotest hint of danger. Surely, your character and commitments to honesty, pride and justice won't be forgotten. A hero of esteem and humble confidence wholed others through hair raising turns with tenacity and resolve heroically at your side.The finest public servant who recognized goodness in nature and goodwill in mankind. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 2, 2019

Macaroni and cheese, pretty simple to make and to serve. Good character, integrity, dignity and honor pretty routine for most brave and humane public servants, for a minority not so easy to maintain. You just have to keep grinding and pounding the pavement as you so nobly and heroically did, Officer Cook, to raise the bar of boldness and the levels of noble distinction. They say the good pass away young. Still terribly tragic your death in the line of duty coming to aid your colleagues and the people you were so dedicated and loyal to. Heroism is sacrifice. Desire is decency in addressing the matters most prevalent to peace and security staying around forevermore. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 2, 2019

To pervert justice, truth and trust would give heaven's name a very bad mark. Your trust and truth , Officer Cook, has made your honor, integrity and dignity carry much weight during these last forty years since your unselfish and most humbly heroic sacrifice on dade County's behalf. All any body wants is peace and harmony, unity and liberty. Easier said than done and your efforts in your community, Officer Cook, shall remain blessed and saluted for conveying humility and the sanctity to take tension and terror off of the streets. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 2, 2019

Our nostrils take in fresh air, the very same air you breathed into your lungs, Officer Cook and sadly where Mr. Pearsall fatally wounded you. That day here in Dade County will not be forgotten nor shelved for dust to gather. Gallantry and honesty along with integrity and dignity form a dynamic partnership in piecing together goodwill and because of your heroic character and stellar commitment to pride, excellence and morals, may your humility and resolve be nobly blessed and rewarded abundantly in heaven. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Your missions and drives of perseverance will never go unnoticed.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 2, 2019

One cannot buy happiness. You can acquire a good name by being honest and sincere, loyal and humble. It was found in your courage and dignity, Officer Cook, integrity to fight the adverse affects of evil and violence. Dade County and humanity as a whole benefitted from your fruitful journeys and missions of character that heroically saved your brothers and the citizens from one's unrest. Never forgotten and saluted for inspiring a healthy dialogue among all society. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. To encourage and to enhance, it is our very future and so many lives are placed in harm's way to deter this perilous obstruction. Better to construct than to deviate and destroy innocence.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 2, 2019

Death shakes the cabinets and closets where the brave and heroically honorable hang their courage and thoughtful integrity and dignity after along day's work. In Dade County where you sacrificed your life, Officer Cook, all your dreams, aspirations and desired goals were met. Very sad that at age twenty-five a career of fruition and inspirational character, wisdom and vision came suddenly to an end. You gave resolve and resourcefulness a blessed name to be eternally remembered and you are to be saluted for humility and the sanctity which you put back on those perilous venues. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Enhancement lives on in the spirit of your beloved family, police family and multitude of close friends and acquaintances.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 1, 2019

The criteria for all public servants is to stay honorable and humble, possess a certain level of dignity and integrity which is central in maintaining excellent character. You checked all the boxes, Officer Cook, a real Dade County hero and a legend of loyalty among your professional peers of justice, resolve, truth and trust. Mankind, humanity and society all clamor for some balance of peace and happiness, prosperity and safety and from a mature and faithful young man they received the entire package of proficiency. preservation and principles of perseverance and what it takes to stay focused upon your key onuses. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 1, 2019

Informed means aware. Astute means being on top details that can have the greatest influence on our safety. Nothing better than having a young man prepared and brave to honorably face whatever adversary is out in public looking to cause problems. And your resources, Officer Cook, furthered the causes and purposes behind justice for mankind. Dade County was heroically, humbly and humanely preserved by the character that is demanded from every man and woman attending roll call. never doubt, reservation nor hesitation, just honest dignity and respect for having integrity which bolsters one's own faith and goodwill. Never more saluted and poignantly honored. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 1, 2019

Like an executive chef, police are out in tandem giving instructions and communicating to the general public on how to stay safe and secure. Dade County was your venue, Officer Cook, where real strides were gained. Honesty, dependability and accountability for integrity and dignity helped you to summon the convictions of courage to keep on battling on our behalf. Always faithful and firm, fair and trusted, humanity received the full glass of your boldness and resiliency. A true heroic and savior! Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Every detail must be executed in order for evil to be eradicated.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 1, 2019

The roads you patrolled, Officer Cook, in Dade county were pristinely paved and never more perseverance and genuine affection for a job of such urgent matters. Immediacy requires acumen, honesty and never a let up or vacancy in vigilance and dignity. Violence waits and sets its traps hoping to trip up our most humble and heroic of public servants. Dade County and its residents got the full service and protection any community needs and your unassuming character and commitment to both pride and excellence are all being solemnly honored as part your heroic legacy. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 1, 2019

Hailstones are different sizes just as evil and even smaller events are as bad as full scale ones. Your good eyes and loyalty saved Dade County, Officer Cook, from much worse catastrophe. Honor. respect and reverence for dignity and integrity all led your challenges of tenacity down those roads of freedom and safety. Humanity was well regarded by your unwavering and unselfish virtue and sacrifice, never more character and discipline. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 1, 2019

Ferocity leaves its crisp winds of success howling while the noises of violence at times are vicious and unrelenting. Never one to capitulate, you hung in there, Officer Cook and always heroically, humanely and humbly acquitted your esteemed and brave soul of honor and integrity on behalf of Dade County. It is found in those cornerstones of a man's courage where his passions lie. Yours, Officer Cook, were always full speed ahead during your watch over your community seeking a respite and wanting peace and prosperity to reign,down. Fondly saluted and richly honored for making the ultimate sacrifice that has permitted mankind to move forward with humanity's edicts for a safer and more meaningful times. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 30, 2019

Information is the innovation to disseminate among society. But determination, dedication and motivation are the sources that devotion may hang it shining coats of courage upon. You developed your excellent work habits, Officer Cook, fighting and battling over one adversary after the other on behalf of Dade County's residents. Open ended honesty, direct fairness on all your journeys and missions of goodwill. Your respect and dignity helped to funnel your tenacity and its integrity throughout the community where you are heroically honored and humbly saluted. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Hot with showers are the summertime patterns. Bold and gallant were your patterns of perseverance and consistent professionalism.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 30, 2019

Torment and turmoil trespass upon the tranquility of our very society. A land that is supposed to experience freedom, liberty and unity for all human beings. It's those less admirable and reverent who trample upon the terrain here as was done over forty year sago here in Dade County. A peacemaker and a reserve soul of honor, integrity and dignity utilized his character, your humility and resolve, Officer Cook, poured and distributed about to enhance the landscape of a community desiring hope, faith and goodwill. Very well was your actions and they are to be forever honored and treasured. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 30, 2019

Able bodied women and men know their professional roles where honesty and indifference cannot be working together. Honesty yes the other of course not. Dade County was under a dark cloud of one man's fits and negative ferocity against the establishment. All you did, Officer Cook, was to try and stop him from inflicting more pain and hurt upon the civilians and those fellow officers whom you served with your heroic efforts. May 16, 1979 tested character, conviction and your humility that were your traits of passion and hard work Nothing is achieved by bloodshed and nothing ever comes out of gunfire except evil. Your family, comrades and nation lost a most respected and valiant man that day when God took your gentle and mortal soul back to heaven to walk that proverbial beat. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 30, 2019

Compliance is an everyday appliance applied to resolve and resolution. Never reluctance nor reservation when a most revered and respected gentleman was firmly out on patrol looking for peace and tranquility among wickedness and who knows what else. Your years, Officer Cook, protecting all Dade County were your happiest and all the fond memories of your young life and the honorably humble and heroic virtues of character and commitment will be remembered and solemnly saluted for eternity. Generation after generation will humbly pay homage to you, Officer Cook and to badge#1664. It brought a newer dialogue and much determination to your chosen professional career. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 30, 2019

Uneasy lies the crowns of callousness and chaos. Thorns in the side for all honest and duly dignified men and women of law enforcement who by virtue of their affirmations do humbly and heroically serve and protect their assigned communities with integrity and character. You were outstanding in your pursuits of treachery and terror. Such uncalled for violence must be found and taken immediately off the streets as you did so well on behalf of Dade County and its people, Officer Cook. Marvelous principles and humane scruples directed your trusted and truthful trails of justice. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 30, 2019

The sunshine of the day warms our atmosphere and the light of the moon makes the skies at night appear brighter. You were a studious man, Officer Cook and no doubt were headed for greater aspirations if not for one day of senseless violence which ended your life and career. Just appalling and tragic! The direction of your dignity and stamina along with your tireless devotion, honesty and soul of integrity channeled peace and a renewal of aspirations for all Dade County citizens. A loss to society, to your beloved Karen and to your whole family and professional circle of colleagues. Humility surely served righteously as you were a very dedicated gentleman of character and the personification of perseverance and crystal resolve. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. A treasured and most heroic soul of humbleness being blessed as a warrior by Our Creator. Virtue like no other.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 29, 2019

Heroines and heroes who sacrifice of themselves are surely remembered for their good grace, gallantry and honesty. And we shall our your dignity and heroic integrity, Officer Cook, the very form that displayed its roving resolve throughout Dade County where its residents have saluted your intuitional instincts. Never more devotion, driven desire and a courage of passion than to stand there and battle a man bent on maiming and taking lives. Nothing but a cold human being. Surely, your aspirations, Officer Cook, have become inspirations of what humility and civility will do to safety and the security needed to pursue our every channels of opportunity the same way you performed your duties, Officer Cook. A blessed soul rewarded for all your endeavors. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. The perils and dangers here have been removed and now your soul, Officer Cook, is free to roam and to soar to higher destinations with no harm coming your direction again. Eternity is that angelic location where perfect peace is always felt by God's loving embraces.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 29, 2019

Of heart and soul do good and honest people patrol for our peace of mind and stability. There must be a starting point somewhere and it had better begin with a dose of reality and surrounding that some dignity,decency and devotion to respect and reverence all by having some humble honor and integrity which grinds those pavements where you left an indelible impression upon mankind, Officer Cook. An outstanding citizen and first class officer whose bravery and resiliency won't be forgotten. Your heroism and humility were always above the crowd as was your determination and unending maturity to see Dade County and its folks to happier times. Sadly missed but always treasured for loyalty and faithfulness to your colleagues and nation. Responsibilities bring wisdom and knowledge to the top if utilized humbly. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 29, 2019

With a golden heart and humble soul, your bravery and boldness, Officer Cook, allowed you to honorably discharge your professional duties protecting all Dade County from a myriad of mischief. Evil. Terror. Whatever the task, wherever the assignment, there you and your integrity were to silence a foe of adversarial proportions. Never more character, conviction and the principles of commitment to keep humanity churning forward. A life of heroism affixed in the minds and hearts of your beloved family, brave comrades and close personal friends to share. Just sad you cannot be present, Officer Cook, so everyone can witness your beautiful smile and vision with the clarity of wisdom to guide us through torment and peril. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 29, 2019

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