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

Once the wheels go flat and the car stops, better be prepared for the next step. After honesty and dignity comes many other unique by-products including integrity that utilized to baffle and befuddle blatant chaos. Your missions, and journeys on behalf of Dade County, Officer Cook, were to use whatever reserves that were needed to put out the smoldering flames of violence . Unwanted and most diabolical it's perplexing as to why its paths and ravages at times cannot be cut off. Advancing sometimes so fast, seconds count when life and its preservation are at risk. The stakes call for heroism, action and bold humility. Humble and loyal surely add to the positives that must be hopefully accentuated. You did your utmost, Officer Cook and nothing was in vain only the pain ,agony and anguish your beloved family and close comrades suffered the day you went to heaven to serve a more pristine and vitally eternal job, guarding those pearly gates of honor and resolve. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 9, 2019

Scatter your intensity and serenade your serenity, it will make a formidable duo. Your friendship and grand character in Dade County worked relatively well, Officer Cook, procuring and securing peace, harmony and the dignity by which all people are entitled to live with. Life and its morals have value and the personification that only offers enrichment t o those who reach out. Honor, integrity the words by which will day vanquish violence from our midst. Your heroic deeds, Officer Cook, started the ball rolling, it's entirely up to those future menand women to seize the opportunity and take that proverbial baton gently. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 9, 2019

Geering up for a grand moment and taking reach on turmoil that jeopardized our very lives, You masterfully treated Dade County, Officer Cook, to some sane and practical times. Duress stretches the mind and despite evil and wanton mayhem by a crazed man , this young man, yourself, Officer Cook, persevered and at least attempted to find a solution though your weapon was used to defend your partner and colleagues that inhumane day when all heck broke loose in Dade County. I know you are observing the coming and going, Officer Cook. Humility and civility are God's perfect staples in His heavenly abode. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 9, 2019

Ride that wave of bravery and boldness straight to the constellations above, Officer Cook, the views are spectacular as was your class and hopeful consideration. Dade County witnessed greatness and stellar honesty, integrity and the affects of dignity during your watch over an area where respect and yearning to learn mattered the most. Enhancing and contributing to mankind's service, our stable and tranquil settings are all because of your unending resolve and courtesies. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 9, 2019

Travel and see for yourself the gratitude of Dade County. Their hero and savior, Officer Cook, has been with you in spirit all these years after that horrible day when life and honesty were savagely taken. Your career and goals, Officer Cook , were undermined by a man who went to no ends to see people and public servants suffer the indignity of having humility stripped from them. Your name and blessed soul, Officer Cook, remains vitality important to your legacy of heroism and society. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 9, 2019

Reflect as you will. The whole world knows their heroes and heroines who shine on in heaven. Honor, dignity and reverence of integrity still looked back upon all these decades later, Officer Cook. Dade County saw austerity and leadership, notably nobleness and kindness generate dby a virtual soul of freedom. They should have had more Officer Cooks. Unfortunately, we are less safer because of your untimely tragedy. Badge#1664 did its finest work where concerns were plentiful. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 9, 2019

Make your bed and tuck in those sheets. Make good habits an essential decor of your desire and faith and somehow honesty and integrity will take dignity along to assist you in your wars over torment. Your years, Officer Cook, involved rotating and still being aggressively pro active in searching for some semblance of balance. A little here and there to make movement and stability a legitimate factors in our ways of living happily and in good health. Our Maker's den of honor and humility never seems to let up sadly and so your resources, Officer Cook, are a necessary piece of the puzzles of prudent and proficient navigation. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Dade County was served by your esteem and dignified bravery forevermore.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 9, 2019

Timid shows fear. Humility shows reserve. Character displays honor and virtue. Patrolling Dade County was your job, Officer Cook, an assignment taken willingly and without regret. Nothing wrong with police work and surely everything humanely heroic with your sense of integrity and dignity. Those roads and streets were full of danger and your awareness and humility directed security and tranquility where they ought to be. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 9, 2019

Do not be brash nor brazen. Let humility and honor spell out the directions of your dignity and integrity as your life and career bring out the humbleness of your passions. You went after evil, Officer Cook, in Dade County and the people have so respected your authority and accomplishments all made in heaven's blessed name. Virtuous and most diligent, your character and morals made unity and liberty take heroic notice. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 9, 2019

Age is a number accentuated by a gift and talent only certain souls possess. Officer Cook ,for twenty-five years of a stable and harmonious life you shared in happiness and sealed serenity within the walls of all Dade County. Its residents and community had your solemn commitment to humanity uplifting their entire lives. Esteemed and cherished where no man dared to travel. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 9, 2019

Skills and maneuverability just skim the surface. Dade County was under your wings of welcome relief, Officer Cook ,a hero and most gentle soul of honesty and ingenuity. You spin water and clay to mold pottery just as you delivered a sense of urgency to Dade County and performed in a supreme manner. It takes guts, grit and gumption to channel humility and nobleness throughout a region. Your sacrifice, Officer Cook, is this living and breathing testimony to be heroically honored, saluted and duly remembered. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 9, 2019

The making of a diligent and honest man who saw trouble and reigned himself to stop that dilemma. Dade County had you, Officer Cook and some certainty of a virtuous man who dignified life and served as a model for other women ad men to follow in. The appeal of durability and humility is in that it allows for more peaceful trails of safe havens for all mankind. Your soul, Officer Cook, sanctifies those heavenly missions where the brave and bold rest easier. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 9, 2019

Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches go great with milk. Honor and humble character makeup a man's vow of vigilance and virtue. Your fashion of police work, Officer Cook, yielded excellent results. What happened on May 16, 1979, was no accident because of a man who went berserk he killed you and violated your sacred pathways of peace and dignity while your integrity was swirling around the corners of Dade County tracking for silence and tranquil times for the people residing there. Hopes and aspirations were not dashed and as part of your heroic legacy your family marches on with your very inspirations. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 9, 2019

Blessings are a brook in that they flow forevermore. It's found in police officers who risk their dignity and honored integrity to shield us from oncoming disaster. Like a deer in headlights, thankfully you never operated that way, Officer Cook. Thoughtful and passionate with reverence and versatility that brings to character commitment to fibers of ferocity and excellence. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 9, 2019

The cabinets are not bare. It's brazen and evil people who show their ugly souls where goodwill and hope make faith more prominent. Dade County had you, Officer Cook, Central Division's hero and honorable man of desire and decency taking the reigns and searching for some gift of resolve to pull serenity and harmony together as one. Never more humility and the sanctity to guide us through toughest of times. A hero never lost from sight, just look up at night, the glow is amazing. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 9, 2019

Take the bull by its horns and band together as a nation conceived in liberty for all mankind. You believed in ethics and virtues, Officer Cook and its no easier to understand why public service was your humane calling. Securing the streets where anything can occur and to use your very own brand of protection and dignity to battle for truth for Dade County said it succinctly. Compassion and wisdom floating high every day. Your versatility and soul graced us and now they bless and invigorate God's greenest of fields. Rest in Peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 9, 2019

If you want to lead others you cannot be impeded. Your efforts must stand for truth and justice. The promise of all women and men who wear a badge with alacrity and the boldness that honesty and integrity invoke. you provided the impetus for Dade County, Officer Cook. A talented and extremely brave man who dared to face evil and succeeded in your endeavors where others may not have. Honesty and dignity are humanity's reasons as to why duly functional servants shall take their chances fighting off terror. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 9, 2019

The devil tries to sap our determination. The doers of violence commit to undo the very fabric of our world. Your days and months, Officer Cook, were enlightening and most enriching as they pumped freedom and spirit back into the very hearts of society. Dade County had an infusion placed where peace and your humble heroic honor would dignify all your intuitive integrity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. It's the humility of character and not conceit that gets the jobs done right.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 9, 2019

God divine gifts are integrity, wisdom and its dominoes of honor and dignity. They are to be used to fortify safe passages for all concerned. Your voice here in Dade County, Officer Cook, over forty some years ago was used to breakdown violence and to promote peace and good cheer for us. Society felt your heartiest of warmth and sincere hope. Too bad that gunfire erupted and took to heaven a hero and a gentleman of genuine wealth with much more to give back to humanity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 9, 2019

The world quakes and shakes by violence's wicked teeth. They terrorize and torment the most quiet of communities. May 16, 1979, Dade County was disturbed by a man's awful advances of callousness. Your goal, Officer Cook, was to try and eradicate his further damage. It cost you your life of honor and humility, the civility for which your ingenuity and integrity aimed your dignity to bolster and to boost hope and serenity where its rightful place was. We salute your vision, clarity of character and charming personality. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 9, 2019

Passion makes the heart race with glee. A happy and contented man who served civilization with all his might and scruples. Your life, Officer Cook, was a promise of precision and hope on behalf of Dade County. Authority is just a tool that is implemented to weed out evil. Good manners and courage coupled with some sense of directional integrity and dignity helped make your days and years more heroic and treasured. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 9, 2019

With a gust of juice generating your currents of concern, care and consideration, Officer Cook,the height of your heroic missions reached a crescendo here in Dade County. Cruising on patrol of one thing, peace and the alleviation of wickedness from among us. Your chapters have been well documented as has your transparent decency, desire and motivation which instructed others of those perils left behind. Your journeys to heaven, a haven of protection by perfect sleep while guarding those sacred roads paved by gold. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 9, 2019

The scope is ready. The preparation is precise. And now where to administer justice for all? Preventing crime and resolving conflict were your passions in life, Officer Cook ,a noble and fearless man of wit and ingenuity, whose soul yearned to assist Dade County with severe issues. The instruments were there and perseverance never any better. A fine young man with God given talents and tenacity never waning. The gates of heaven stay open to greet more heroes and heroines. Your smile, Officer Cook ,insures their eternal safekeeping . Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 9, 2019

Years of yearning, days of duty and months of meaning, it is where mettle and morals find their niches of never ending respect and relevance upon honor and dignity. Integrity calling out for your peace of mind and gentle will and gentle soul of character to actively seek and help us find some solace and comfort that tranquility leaves behind. your left an indelible mark on society, Officer Cook one firmly imprinted in your family and in our hearts and minds. Gallantry glorifying our galaxy. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 9, 2019

The day begins early and the chores are many. Honor and its aspects of qcumen, awareness and being astute keep all reverent and loyal soldiers marching to the very same drums. Your wisdom and integrity, Officer Cook began its ascent the moment you were conceived. In liberty with trust and faith for all Dade County was your assignment for six years of heroic action an dhumane esteem. Could never meet or find a truly nice rman and a very outstanding human being unafraid and unselfish in dedication, sincerity and fortitude always with us forever in spirit. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 9, 2019

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