Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

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

Fickle, never ever! But fair and firm, ferocious and loyal to those colleagues who worked with you, Officer Cook, in an effort to shed serious violence from Dade County folks. You honor and bravery helped to maintain dignity and integrity in those intense moments of turmoil and torment. Mankind recognizes one's inner peace of mind and humility when it comes straight from the heart. Today,back then and forevermore do we stand and pay homage to your character sincere and charming for rescuing those trapped by on man's ravage rebellion against the standards set forth by our very society. Rules are meant to be adhered to in the heavenly name of justice, truth and trust. The Almighty knows His flock of courageous angels very well indeed. You, Officer Cook, were brave and wise , mature beyond your years. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 16, 2019

Your cupboards were never empty, Officer Cook. The virtues of valor and faith uplifted your spirits of honesty and integrity to create dignity that was always top notch. A top officer determined to rid his community of Dade County from the foul odors of evil, its violence and wickedness so harmful to society it needs vanquishing at this very moment. Your character and commitment, Officer Cook, marked a new day dawning and the peace and unity of a land filled with amazement. heaven is filled with heroes and heroines, all given Godly tools by which to use when humanity and humility were threatened. We'll always salute and honorably remember your battles, Officer Cook, to overcome adversity. You were the consummate intense and loyal buddy who went deep to assist your comrades. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 16, 2019

A firm and fair believer of justice and truth, Officer Cook, you had the trust of an entire community while sorting out peace from violence on behalf of Dade County. A hero of the highest measure of honor and loyalty whose dignity and integrity held its own against terror. Surely, that fateful day, May 16, 1979, is a day to honor you and your characteristically fighting spirit, never giving up nor backing down when the chips may have been against you. Always humble and humane, class and the desire of dedication enriching your career and life, although you were taken too soon with much more fruition and accomplishment on the horizons. Rest in peace my neighbor,friend and hero. Cheerful and brave your smile, Officer Cook, is tucked away in a very safe and secure venue of no flaws or mistakes.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 16, 2019

If faith can mend a broken heart can hope sooth a sorrowful soul? All anyone can utter is what a loss! To your family and department and close friends of which you had many, Officer Cook. The eyes and ears of lips of truth and trust, your crusades inspired dignity, integrity and the highest of honor coming from your golden heart, cherished, respected and deeply missed by humanity. You did your job with valor, grit and resolve making you a Dade County hero for eternity where you now patrol those pearly gates where only perfection is humbled by God's angels of bravery. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 16, 2019

Hope and life sometimes hang like a sliver of glass. But, all your honesty, dignity and outstanding integrity, Officer Cook, just made Dade County's people feel proud again. Never more humility, resolve and character from decency and morals. It's found in the bravest of souls a sense of loyalty which made you a humble and humane hero to all mankind. You are to be so solemnly saluted and hailed for bailing humanity out of its doldrums. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. A life of sacrifice, a memorial legacy forever.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 16, 2019

With a glimmer of hope comes some optimism. Dade County needed you, Officer Cook, they required a gentle but firmly loyal public servant providing security and peace for its citizens. You were the consummate hero of integrity, honor and dignity which carried your legendary career. We salute a man of vigor and vigilant character who somehow brought respect and faith to his duly affirmed profession. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 16, 2019

Gallantry forever grabs hold of one's soul. Violence grabs your heart from your chest and twists and turns it round and round. Dade County was under the throes of terror that awful day, Officer Cook, when you came to that scene ready and able to assist your fellow officers. Too bad you had no clue who you were dealing with other than knowing it was some kind of domestic situation. Honor and ingenuity, respect and dignity worked as well as they could with integrity to try and conquer this man who was stubborn to say the least and one who wore a nasty streak on his collar. Your soul, Officer Cook, served, protected and preserved as well as any hero could. Circumstances dictate certain outcomes your family and peers wished the results would have been different instead of your beloved Karen having to bury her beloved husband on his first Saturday and Sunday off. Humility and civility etched firmly and most assuredly within your trusted and truthful heart of gold, Officer Cook. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 15, 2019

Stay close to your officials of peace and humility for in their honored souls rests the dignity and decency to battle those forces of nature which look to shake our firms grips on integrity and vision. You were that kind of public servant, Officer Cook, whose destiny was to serve and to preserve the ingenuity and character of Dade County. Always the calming voice of reason and the resourcefulness to resolve conflict. A hero of the highest regard whose legacy represents society's approach to dealing with violence. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero of character whose transparent commitment to pride and excellence won't surely be overlooked and relegated to the book shelves in our libraries. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Unweaving the threads of torment and turmoil takes a really special and unique warrior of which you were, Officer Cook. your family and colleagues should be thankful for your heroism that day and everyday for that matter.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 15, 2019

Loving life and your outdoor hobbies, now you serve that more important eternal role and that is to watch Our master's pearliest of sanctuaries. Only your esteem and effort when coupled with your honesty, integrity and dignity can get that assignment completed. Unfortunately, Officer Cook, five minutes of uncontrollable terror took your wonderful soul of gallantry, Officer Cook, from under your beloved family and valiant comrades. The wars continue and hopefully those future officers are as brave and honest as you, Officer Cook, to get the best of their efforts to blot out this unmistakable mayhem. Dade County was under the best set of eyes and ears that scrambled to find resolutions and solutions to what continue to perturb the spirits of mankind. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 15, 2019

You were that golden shield, Officer Cook, who spread those umbrellas of understanding and further wisdom throughout humanity. Your family takes pride in your heroic actions and honorable life of dignity, respect and the reverence of integrity. Nothing can even start to battle adversity until one stays true to their words of which you, Officer Cook, took a sacred pledge to police and patrol Dade County like never before. You'll always be an angel whose wings continue flying your beloved soul of distinction higher everyday. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. The bridges of bravery were humbly built by your undying, unselfish and unwavering convictions to courage, kindness and concern for your fellow citizen.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 15, 2019

Being humble, honest and decent does not mean you punch the time clock and leave your job when your shift is over. Five minutes before your shift ended, Officer Cook, there you and your partner, Reserve Officer Scott Lincoln were trying to make Dade County more at ease and certainly safer for all. Character and the class that integrity and dignity bring to the front fighting violence on behalf of society. It was your humility and genuine faith, Officer Cook, that carried your life pursuits of happiness and serenity. Honored and etched in your family's hearts, rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Enhancement means bringing positive into better focus.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 15, 2019

Mankind is nourished by those brave and honest of women and men. They are the stabilizing forces that look to put a permanent dent into evil the kind that Dade County experienced during your watch, Officer Cook. Good work habits and plenty of dignity and integrity were poured into your labors of esteem and humility. It made the citizens more at ease with serenity and safe travels. You are never forgotten and are to be faithfully and loyally saluted for honoring humanity which remembers you unwavering resolve. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Those who commit violence should beware for those pious servants are out there looking to seize you and place you in jail.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 15, 2019

Today, Officer Cook, I celebrated my sixtieth birthday with my wife. It's always going to be so terribly tragic that you can't observe anymore birthdays because of an evil man's hideous violence. Obscenely and plain bombastic his callous actions against a righteous Dade County hero of humility, honesty, integrity and dignity fulfilling your missions of mettle and character to quash and to quiet evil against yourself and your fellow officers while preserving and rescuing the citizens under this coward's attacks on freedom. Society, humanity and most of all your family, Officer Cook, honors and salutes your revered commitment to resolve. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 14, 2019