Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Having mettle and morals is nothing meager. All the strength of heart and dedication to dignity, honor and robust integrity is needed to fight against a wealth of problems that wickedness invites. A good man, a loyal and congenial public servant taken away by such ignominious violence is totally inexcusable. Society was served and preserved, Officer Cook, by your humble and heroic nature. Its enhancement is precisely the legacy for which you will be forever remembered and solemnly saluted. Gallantry is great. Boldness and charm lie humbly deep inside a man of woman's heart of compassion. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 29, 2019

The goodwill of civilization requires at all times an ironclad identity of integrity, ingenuity and the intelligence to carry their honor and dignity righteously. Your amazing life and sound professional career, Officer Cook, helped to steady and guard Dade County from any sources of violence and evil. Never forgotten for having character and humbly heroic resolve to deliver peace, unity and serenity to a community that revered and respected your unselfish and undying mortal soul. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 29, 2019

Bells toll for tenacity. Sirens blaze with ferocity. One yearns to earn their due responsibility. To learn to be humble and reserved, that individual is indeed very blessed. You were a special person, Officer Cook, who kept your honesty and trust truthfully by your side of integrity and dignity, it all molded and shaped your heroic life and public service career serving and aiding Dade County from horrible evil. What took your gallant life after a fight to stay ahead of wickedness was everything police officers strive to become. They willingly desire to be brave and to focus your energies and efficiency, to stand face to face with violence, you my neighbor, friend and hero of commitment and excellent character, Officer Cook, you deserve plaudits and persevering salutes of humility for giving back to your community who hasn't forgotten your cherished roots.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 28, 2019

The badge you wear is the honor and boldness beneath your soul. And your pure and humbly heroic soul, Officer Cook, was pristine and dignified in service and in sacrifice to Dade County and its residents. Always the sharpest of courage and vision enlarging your heroic legacy of enhancement You can be sure and clear your memory, Officer Cook, will be saluted, honored and etched upon society's streets and roads where resolve was vivid not rhetoric. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero of character, charm and charisma. All of yours, Officer Cook, were in healthy and in stellar doses.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 28, 2019

A brother and a warrior to all mankind, Dade County and to your comrades true and trusted, Officer Cook. What makes honor so special? It is found in the uniform and badge of noble distinction, one whose dignity and integrity made the fields of ferocity that much more humane, sacred and most heroic. Never a day goes by, Officer Cook, that you are out of my sight,heart and thoughts. And that includes your loving parents may they rest in peace, Mr. and Mrs. Cook. A gentleman of gallantry and happiness to serve and to protect the scruples of life and the purposes behind perseverance, pride and principles. Saluted and warmly honored for sacrifice and security. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 28, 2019

Unselfish, Tireless and undying. Your sincerest of efforts, Officer Cook, allowed Dade County the chance to be free of evil. Violence peturbs. No one should have their peace and lives usurped by unmitigated ruination. Your character, dignity and honest integrity helped to keep the citizens sheltered in serenity and be able to live a quality of life worth its values and morals. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Resolve revolves around reliency's wings of goodwill, hope and faith.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 28, 2019

Anchors away. That means when every man and woman takes to the streets to serve and to protect their morals and mettle, honor and dignity never leave integrity on that dock. Only the purest of desire and devotion to construct the solid root sof resolve and excellent character. It was your tireless efforts, Officer Cook, that brought class and vision to the unity of Dade County and mankind in humility and esteem. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 28, 2019

What goes awry shall never go that direction ever again. Dade County was under unrelenting siege from a very disturbed man. your job that day, Officer Cook, was went you answered that call and endeavored to assist your fellow comrades who had been wounded. Having the basic acumen and honest respect and reverence for an all important mission, it was your cornerstones of courage, dignity and the decency of integrity that led you and your last partner, Reserve Officer Scott Lincoln. The finest of heroism humility and compassion uplifting our spirits of safety and security. Your unselfish and humbly mortal soul rests in peace my neighbor, friend and hero up in the perfect of taciturn venues, heaven.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 28, 2019

Map out the routes the dignity and honest integrity shall certainly follow close behind. For your life and humbly heroic career, Officer Cook, it surely did not. You preserved and persevered while out on patrol saving all Dade County from an evil man. So intent on revenge and so wanton in his actions , the audacity to kill good men of upstanding character, humility and the foundations of ferocity and resolve. You'll be remembered forever, Officer Cook, God's angel of humane and loving valor. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 28, 2019

To take someone's life of reverence and honor, where then does your integrity and dignity stand? The days of some are few and yet the memories never grow old. Character and commitment stood faithful and firm when you patrolled the streets and backroads of Dade County, Officer Cook. Where no man or woman might stroll yourvery cherished and most humbly blessed soul of heroism traveled on tenacity's request. You can be most sure and nobly certain your spirit now and for eternity in heaven, Officer Cook, will be solemnly saluted and pay homage for its boldness, bravery and the backbones of fortitude. The right attitude, the right acumen all very much rewarded for serving, saving and protecting the value and morals of life. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 27, 2019

Clemency does not belong in the heart and hands of cowards, callous and heinous people who seem to want to commit violence and evil. Your killer, Officer Cook, was shot and finally killed by Detective Blocker who responded to that Dade County scene after you were gone. Away went your honor, integrity, dignity of character and fruitful commitments to transparency and trust. All snuffed out in a matter of a few precious minutes that were allotted to your soul on this humble and heroically gallant earth. A warrior with the wisdom and vision to support your causes of restoring peace and happiness for society. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 27, 2019

Clinging to your faith and courage, your precious life and years, Officer Cook, were well respected, well regarded and most well spent fighting those humane and sometimes nasty spats when domestic disputes can undo a community. Society, mankind and humanity don't have the wherewithal to at times deal with tension, unrest and just a plain lack of honor,character and decency. Well that changed when you began your law enforcement career with Metro-Dade Police Department. Down at city hall in Miami wa s a shirt inscribed with your special and most heroically blessed name officer William C. Cook, EOW May 16, 1979, it reads as follows: "I died for you." Dade County's one of many other fine and well bred officers, dignity, desire and the right makings to create and to craft a peace and harmony of unity for your community, Officer Cook. Your life, career and enhancement left on those streets trying to stop mayhem, chaos and bedlam. Ugliness reared its head and you stood your ground trying to resolve a major conflict where officers, your comrades nearly lost their own lives and civilians were wounded all by this wayward and ornery fellow. Never forgotten. Never easy for your family left to mourn your loss, the grief, anger, sadness and sorrow like a snakebite. Victimized while performing your official duties, we salute your underlying heroism and unending proficient undertaking and understanding of what needed to be completed to bring about change and law and order. Competent and a vital cog turning the wheels of justice, trust and truth.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 27, 2019

The fortunes of those inscribed with fortitude are of blessing and humble honor and heroism. It's found that those who maintain dignity and reverence, their character and integrity are rewarded for their vital service to our society. Humanity feels cheated when decent and good individuals are robbed of their life and those all important missions on our behalf. Dade County was where your personality and pristine diligence was well received, Officer Cook. The folks here where you too grew up and learned your manners and fabrics of conduct all have saluted and so humbly honored your admiration for your professional position. Never reluctant. Always motivated and resilient. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Days of old with a brave story to be told. Caring and sharing. The bold never grow old. They stay imbedded in our hearts and minds forever young!

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 27, 2019

Ferocity and tenacity sometimes require that humble detour of flexibility. That does not mean run off and vacate your posts of passion and preservation. Honesty, character,morals, dignity and integrity dictate much more than that. The battles rage on like forest fires. Men and women such as yourself, Officer Cook, knew your boundaries and went to mount an attack to cutoff callousness. Desire and decency lend credence to humanity and to their humblest of heroes. Believe me respect and valor were in your humanely heroic hands, Officer Cook, fighting adversity until your last ounce of strength and very last breath drawn. God's kingdom is aglow with warm and happy faces of His heroines and heroes gallant and unrelenting right down to the end. A life cut too short at the tender age of twenty-five by one man evil and sadistic. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 27, 2019

Eternity's bonds never break, they may stretch but they never snap apart. Officer Cook, your cheerful demeanor and absolute determination and sterling dedication preserved the quality and value of Dade County's roads to peace, unity and hopeful prosperity. You are a humble man, heroic and brave who serenely went on patrol to valiantly help avoid and rid our community of senseless bloodshed, the kind that you sacrificed your life and character for to keep our journeys on course to a brighter and greater future. One that you should be given the opportunity to part a valuable resource of. Never forgotten and humanely saluted for diligence and vision all by your unwavering and most unselfish diligence. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 27, 2019

You are taught to be tenacious. You pick up on the cues of ferocity. You were a quick learner, Officer Cook, a man of honor, class and humble and heroic distinction who protected the borders and boundaries of all locations in Dade County. Its citizens had a superior public servant whose ideals and integrity meched very well with your dignity and devotion to duty. never more honored for stellar police work that had a profound affect upon humanity. God rest your soul, Officer Cook, a man of your sacred and solemn bond, truthful and most sincerely trustworthy. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Your character had a most virtuous impression upon mankind to be remembered and celebrated forevermore. Keep watching over us and your beloved family and colleagues of your day and right now.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 27, 2019

Honest, humble reliable and very punctual. Integrity and dignity must never be tardy in those tenacious battles over evil and violence. You prepared and secured Dade County and its people as you always did, Officer Cook, performing just as a hero and man of outstanding character. A commitment of pride and excellence validated by vigilance and the edicts of endeavor and humility. Your family misses you very much, Officer Cook, heaven has a guardian angel forever wrapped in those perfect gates of gallantry. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Amazing servants only know acumen, being aware and staying astute.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 27, 2019

Public servants should never relinquish their resolve, resourcefulness and resilient efforts to fight against a foe so vast in size as violence. No matter the circumstance, you were there in Dade County, Officer Cook, with all your humble honesty, humility and heroic actions of good character, dignity and the integrity from where ingenuity, intelligence and intuition bloom. Always honorably saluted and nobly remembered. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 27, 2019

Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero, Officer Cook. The traditions and honor that you upheld have been dignified by today's officers loyal and brave as you were. Integrity that was well spent battling adversary and misery beyond our wildest of who knows. Violence should never have ended your life and career and Mr. Pearsall should have heeded your instructions and May 16, 1979, would not have ended the way it did. A humble and heroic sacrifice that has transported our ideals, ideas, dreams and values straight ahead. God's perfect pastures are full of perfection in spirit and loyalty in the uniforms that have been donned to handle the calls of duty beyond ordinary work. Never forgotten and fully honored and saluted for resolve and valor beyond the mettle and morals of your outstanding character.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 26, 2019

Reputations are the humble beginnings of a hero's childhood and environment. Living and growing up in North Miami Beach, Fl, Officer Cook, times were sure different then as they are sadly now. You attended some of the same schools as I did and never experienced any of the hassles and troubles that I went through. Too bad I was not your age back then maybe a companion and a good friend like yourself would have mattered. Though, I'm blessed with a lovely wife, Holly and two handsome sons, Matthew and Joshua who are independent. Matt lives and works out in San Francisco and Josh attends college in New York though we would have preferred that he stayed here in Florida. Your family came to sunny South Florida sixty-five years ago and through progressions you wanted to become a police officer. a very noble, challenging and at times a perilous profession filled with awesome responsibility. And thank God authority and power never crept into your brains of maturity. Honesty, humility, dignity and integrity vitalized your wholesome missions on behalf of Dade County and mankind forever. You have been and are humbly remembered for heroically risking your soul to save your esteemed colleagues and the residents whom you took an affirmation to protect and to serve. The clouds up in heaven are enlightened by your mortal soul, Officer Cook, which hovers high overhead your family, peers and friends. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. A beautiful smile aglow that is sorely missed very much today.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 26, 2019

Ferocity carries with it the ingredients of integrity and the stabilizing factors of honesty and dignity. It was always ascribed and inscribed upon Badge#1664, yours, Officer Cook, a Dade County hero of esteem , valor and humility. It put violence in their proper places. Surely, all these decades later you continue to be so honored an dwell thought of and respected for your loyalty and journeys of inspiration and determination. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 26, 2019

If the forces of evil think their fires of wanton violence will never go out, then think again. The finest of public servants who gave his all, his heart and kindness and most of all heroism and humbleness. All a vital part of your legacy of character, dignity, integrity and all the proper traits where tenacity travels. Fondly honored and paid homage for making Dade County a better place to occupy ourselves with peace and serenity to last for generation after generation. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 26, 2019

The exactness of efficiency is that humane and heroic honesty brought to your daily profession. Your career and life of kindness and gallantry, Officer Cook, will be remembered forever for as a man of mettle and morals, your wore your integrity right where it would have its greatest effectiveness. No more a braver man than yourself, Officer Cook, a role model of intellect, humility and the eyes and ears of resolve. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 26, 2019

Venting only validates what violence wants us to do. You can be mad and angry and yet for all it's worth do something positive to alleviate the affects of this terrible enemy of mankind. You did your part, Officer Cook, freeing Dade County of this petulant being and saved lives of the citizens and your faithful comrades while sacrificing your honor, bravery, integrity and composed self-dignity. The heavens have a most devout and heroic young man among those angels of resolve and effort. Saluted and so duly honored. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 26, 2019

Consideration, caring and constant concern would always be expected from a man of character, desire and the pangs of honesty, integrity and dignity. No matter the cause, the time or season, the reasons why one must be focused and alert are enforced for the general welfare of the public. And by your undying heroism, Officer Cook, did you protect and serve Dade County. A man of ideals and values who treasured his roles as a professional peacekeeper. The community where you grew up learned the ropes and were educated with all the humility and assurance that would be a benefit to humanity. It's sorely missed everyday as you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Mankind marches on as does time, a great loss to your family, friends and professionally loyal and valiant colleagues.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 25, 2019