Metro-Dade Police Department, Florida
End of Watch Wednesday, May 16, 1979
Reflections for Police Officer William Coleman Cook
Gentleness and kindness all now and forever ride on those heroic angel's wings in heaven. Yours, Officer Cook, are fitted perfectly. For having provided stellar service and preservation to all Dade County, may your honor and humility, respect and reverence, dignity and integrity be doubly blessed. A loving family and esteemed and brave colleagues who witnessed true and trusted character throughout your life that has enhanced and transplanted peace and hope in a community that so poignantly saluted your mettle and personal vigilance. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 20, 2019
Freedom allows a healthy dose of goodwill, hope and reality. Police voluntarily accept the risks of their job and cling to God's wings protecting them for evil. Your faith and charming personality, Officer Cook, assured Dade County would be guarded with all your might. For a gentleman of valor and honesty we take consolation that your soul will be preserved among the holy and pure souls of distinction who rest soundly in God's divine thrones of tenacity. You had integrity, character and the vision that dignity installs in every human being and for your heroism ,Officer Cook, may you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Never extinct only a man of deliberation who understood his pathways and trails behind an outstanding career where patience is a virtue.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 19, 2019
Today is Good Friday and Sunday is Easter. Also today is Passover Eve. A time of the year to share memories and to celebrate good times. Just wish you were here to share in those great moments, Officer Cook. Dade County has its many heroes and heroines legacies stored for safekeeping and God has your humble and honored soul soaring higher in His perfect venues of dignity and integrity. For when a man of stellar character and duly determined commitment gave their life we must pause and reflect back upon the reasons why humanity placed you here. The greenery in heaven is lush and so are the angels of valor with their mettle and maturity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 19, 2019
If repentance, prayer and charity help to avert an evil decree we probably would not lose any public servants to brutal and obviously wanton violence. Mr. Pearsall had no scruples and his morals veered of course long ago. God did not want you to die, Officer Cook and neither did your loving family and beloved comrades. Dade County was a prism for terrible times during your watch and you made sure that liberty and unity looked each other in the eye. Always humble and loyal character the work of humility gracing your humane and legendary life of excellence. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Your vitality and virtues have been carried to Our Master's highest of thrones. Nothing will ever disturb your sweet soul again, Officer Cook.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 19, 2019
No hemming and hawing. Just get down and do your work the way you know how to. Everything you learned about excellent police work, Officer Cook, translated to the very hazardous roads and corners of Dade County. Your important virtue kept peace and freedom where it rightly belongs. It's hard to say goodbye to a pious man of honesty, integrity and respect, all that was afforded your spirit of giving and boldness. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero of humility. A gracious man laying his life down so we can succeed in those loftiest of expectations. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 19, 2019
The anniversary of your tragic death, Officer Cook, is fast approaching. A fate worse than anything else seems to take the best and most honest of men and women. Their heroism and dignity ignites their passions and nothing but integrity lights up the skies above where they repose forever in a spirit of resolve and effort. You gave Dade County your full and undivided attention to detail and specifics. Senseless violence only threatens over hopes, vitality and dreams making fruition and enrichment tougher to occur. Your family and peers of humility salutes and bestow their reverence upon your undying and unselfish soul for its achieved more than most people do during a lifetime. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 19, 2019
No matter if boxed in by evil and hope seems to be dwindling never give up. A hero of humility and honor never ever capitulates. You kept your poise, Officer Cook and forever made and left a profound affect upon all Dade County. Its folks pleased by having you among them to calm and to maintain security and tranquility for everyone. Proud character and a morsel of mettle will surely speed up those happenings. Never overlooked and heroically so honored. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 19, 2019
A grown man doing a professional job of total responsibility. You reyes and ears, Officer Cook, watched over your family and community that keeps honoring your memory. A salute to justice and the resolute esteem you possessed for having undertaken a noble cause. All the wisdom,maturity and dignity combining forces with integrity all in the name of heaven. heroic and humane, mankind never forgets its most valiant. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 19, 2019
By being frank and honest at least one has a starting point of where to travel. Dade County, New York and its areas are large enough to have to require the good resources of women and men so firm and trusted. You were a man of devotion, truth and devoutness, Officer Cook. Society and Our King appreciated your soul which has continued to sparkle in the grandest of heaven. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.Honor, dignity and integrity run toward peril to defend. They never shy away from danger. This is what a hero is about and of course how you lived your life, Officer Cook.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 19, 2019
You cannot imitate good character and mettle. You either have the goods of integrity and dignity or you go and look for another position. A great man, a gallant officer striving to become better each day. The Dade County community remembers you, Officer Cook, a hero whose resolve rests firmly within your humane and humble legacy. Serenity and safety are a bit less since your sacrifice, but enhancement and enrichment is furthered by your colleagues of valor. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 19, 2019
Durability depends dignity and the broadest of boldness to honorably and bravely discharge all your duties regarding serving the public and in procuring peace and harmony. You carried out your obligations like a hero here in Dade County, Officer Cook. Your integrity and outstanding character brought some hope and goodwill to an area just wanting quiet. You'll be remembered for uplifting humanity's heart and spirit. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 19, 2019
The gift of gab is great though it does not vault you into a position of prominence. From all accounts all police officers must have honor and dignity, fairness and integrity as you had, Officer Cook, on their chests where their shiny badges tell of their boldness, bravery and character. Superior and special, Dade County was given its serenity by a very gallant man who was uplifted to heaven so tragically too soon. We salute your life and career, Officer Cook, humility and common sense were many of your humble and heroic virtues. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 18, 2019
The art of negotiating takes all the sophistication and skills of acumen and desire. Just because one is fair and honest, trusted and brave does mean things can be accomplished. Your character, tone of voice and loyalty, Officer Cook, meant that the residents of all Dade County were in the finest of hands. A steady servant who bravely faced the rigors of danger and tried to stop a wayward individual from continuing his violent dispute, you can certainly be so honored and saluted for dependability, versatility and reliability. All the dignity and integrity uplifting your resolve and humanely heroic resourcefulness. Rest in peace my neighbor., friend and hero. Never forgotten, an angel patrolling God deepest of blue skies.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 18, 2019
Bold and noble focused on your tasks is the only path to success. A story of your worldly adventures in the police academy, Officer Cook, where the studious and serious survive the world of adversity. Talk and chatter are just idle. Pray and be loyal to those who have trained and practiced with those who have preached the very basic fundamentals. Dade County was a boiling pot of chaos and trouble on May 16, 1979, badge#1664 and its heroic honor and respect brought a new found integrity and dignity to those brawls on the roads. Never more character and assurance than when you toiled and labored for the articles of peace and quiet to filter through those waves of wickedness which you desperately tried to keep out. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 18, 2019
Reflections of nobility are the results of responsive humility and no mistaking your humble and considerate honesty, Officer Cook. It shared in many feats of ferocity along with your various partners who policed Dade County alongside of you, their friend and cherished brother in battling crime. Intense and dignified and possessing integrity that makes character standout. We stand and firmly honor your heroic resolve ad unwavering understanding of potentially severe problems which trap our harmony and tranquility and shake mankind's civil moments. In heaven there are blessings and rewards for your devoted and dedicated soul of affection. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 18, 2019
Air conditioning keeps buildings cool. Too bad all Dade County cannot have this on the streets to keep tempers and mayhem in place. To keep things in check one must have composure and courage which you had, Officer Cook, at all times along with some sense of reason and dignity, the integrity and heart of character to wage war with such an overwhelming foe. Dade County for six years of brave and heroic service had never more transparency. Trusted and true enhancement that keeps growing as does your legacy. A life well lived though cut too short by one man's wanton violence. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. You were most passionate and compassionate man for your times.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 18, 2019
While the kettle whistles and the pots boil over, better make real sure you check your mettle and morals along with honor and reverence before leaving roll call. A talented and wise man who led other brave and humble men and women through adversity, Dade County saluted and continues paying back to your treasured spirit of safe travels and constant intuitions that made your battles of boldness more sure and firm. A gentleman of truth and trust doing what you believed in as a younger man. A legend of heroism guarding the pearly gates of heaven. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 18, 2019
Before you carve your heroic niche let there be a ray of resolve and honesty, above all have integrity and be a dignified public servant who cherishes their roles in action. You acted decisively trying to stop a demented man from more harm than good. Dade County and their people had pride and a very measured sense of serenity and liberty when you hit the pavements, Officer Cook, to serve and to save humanity from calamity. Always faithful and full of composed humility from excellent character. Rest in peace neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 18, 2019
Always open and direct, heroes and heroines share that common bond of truth, trust, bravery and honor. It's the only way to directly attack a problem so severe that threatens to destroy humanity tearing apart its wings of happiness, tranquility and togetherness. A bright star taken too soon with more fruitful achievements on your scopes of morals and principles, Officer Cook. Dade County was your community that revered, respected and continues to pay homage to your heroic actions that saved and served all as one entity. Character and having those instincts surely carried your life of goodwill and and good cheer. Mankind misses your cheery demeanor and smiling face. So does your most esteemed and loving family members. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. With Easter fast approaching those days of anticipated hope are the moments to share and to savor. You have been very much absent from your family's outings and happiest of occasions.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 17, 2019
Police officers are constantly bombarded by information and danger. The roads and streets become harder to navigate around and a certain anticipation awaits those who bravely and honorably served their dignified positions of truth and trust. The highest regard for honesty and integrity, its ingenuity and intuition rounding those corridors to shake loose any evil. Only you, Officer Cook, were truly one of a kind. A peaceful man with a concerned heart who fought tooth and nail until your final breath of humility was expended to defeat this tyrant of a man. Where was his heart directed to ? Fortunately, Dade County and their citizens were under the finest care possible. Never again, Officer Cook and surely we won't forget your spirit of thanksgiving. Great ideals and a plethora of pleasing devotion to duty. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 17, 2019
The spirit is never attacked by anything in God's eternal home. Your physical presence, Officer Cook, returned to the earth where it came from. November 30, 1953 until May 16, 1979, was a life and career cemented by courage and honor, integrity and the fine skill of dignity that preserved life and property here in Dade County. Such a large area full of some goodness and evil that was ramped up that terrible day and amplified too high. But, your came to that scene, Officer Cook, displaying character and the peace of mind which makes security and safety highlight one another. Enhancement and humility that has society forever thinking about you, Officer Cook. A legend of pride and resolve allowing us to freely pursue happiness. A loss on behalf of your family that you showered with tender love and gentle concern. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 17, 2019
The shades and windows close at night and open soon after in the early morning revealing God's splendid glory. A magnificent sunrise and brilliant sunset. Too bad, Officer Cook, you can't be here to see these presences despite the fact that your honored and heroic actions saved your fellow officers and the good folks of Dade County from more possible violence. Terror and torment leave a trail full of countless destruction and your response brought a situation to a close, just not the end your family and fellow colleagues would have desired. A man of devotion,faith and goodwill, your life deserved more years to fulfill unfinished business serving. Retirement is a word never to be taken too lightly nor for granted. You were a proud, yet humble individual. Mr. Pearsall you took a good man, honest and hard working from his beloved family leaving them to mourn his loss. Humanity, mankind and the entire nation of public servants suffered a monumental tragedy that awful day. Liberty City was rescued by your accountable and most responsible professional conduct full of morals, mettle and values. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 17, 2019
You were a constant pleasure and joy to your fellow officers, Officer Cook, a gentleman whose soul shines brightest in heaven today and forever. Honor, dignity and the sterling integrity that consistently battled harm and evil. All the peril and danger gotten off the streets of Dade County by a legend and a humanely honorable man of valor. If character, commitment and convictions stop meaning anything then heaven help us what our society would be like. Genuine care and concern only hastened you assurances, Officer Cook, that unity, harmony and liberty were waiting around the corner. Always treasured and just tragic what happened on May 16, 1979. God recalls and listens to our prayers, hopes and dreams. You were an inspiration to humanity through your humility and civil mindedness. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 17, 2019
Nothing borderline in your life, Officer Cook and during your public service career. One that was six short years of accomplishment protecting Dade County and its residents. Your faith and honesty, bravery and outstanding character helped to fight the ravaging affects of evil. Humanity was surely preserved by your stellar humility and loyalty you displayed to your peers of perseverance. Wisdom, vision and maturity beyond the crowd of other considerate and courageous women and men. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. A day soul with a golden heart now patrolling those serene gates where your heroism will be forever watched over.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 17, 2019
Now is the time when both Passover and Easter are celebrated bringing freedom, happiness and more safe links to our world at large. Never easy for your family, Officer Cook, gathering around their holiday tables and reminiscing about your honest and humbly heroic life protecting and serving the Dade County public. Never more character and convictions. Only the mettle and scruples by which humanity was lovingly served by your faithful and treasured soul of serenity. Redemption and resurrection for all people regardless of faith. Heaven and Our Master of the Universe are looking down on your beloved family, Officer Cook and so is your adoring spirit of labor and reverence. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Purgatory is where evil rots. Heaven is where angelic heroes and heroines recline in comfort where peace is a guaranteed certainty. In Judaism at the Passover meals called"Seders" which mean order we recline to cherish our liberties provided by your unselfish and unwavering sacrifice, Officer Cook, always true to form and trustworthy to your colleagues.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 16, 2019
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