Metro-Dade Police Department, Florida
End of Watch Wednesday, May 16, 1979
Reflections for Police Officer William Coleman Cook
Destinations are society's most sacred journeys to peace and harmony. Your dreams and goals, Officer Cook, took you to Dade County where your honorable and humanely heroic service assisted in delivering tranquility and resolve to an area that needed calming. Humanity had your greatest humility, Officer Cook and now that has been tragically taken to heaven where you now patrol God's pearliest of gates. The gallantry and gumption of a very dignified and deserving man of character. Integrity and wisdom brought resolve and some semblance of restoration from a community somewhat eroded by the sense of evil. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
March 4, 2019
Desire is what officers are hired for and their humble honesty. Your blessed journeys and faithful missions, Officer Cook, were to seek peace and to chase after evil on behalf of Dade County. You were a supremely compassionate public servant who steered goodwill and integrity into your entire body of work. Resolve and trust. Truth and serenity can and usually makes a distinct impression. A cherished soul of character whose heroic deeds have kept enhancement's flames burning brighter than ever. Humanity misses your loving and sweet presence, Officer Cook, heaven has a grand man and a very decent human being. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
March 4, 2019
Even compassion can cause the greatest of pains when you think solace will comfort and support those in obvious sorrow. Your family losing you, Officer Cook, was difficult and tough enough. You were their rock of Gibraltar who banded them together after your father's passing. If honor, dignity and integrity cannot bring some reason of satisfaction, heaven help us. You did provide many pleasant moments for your family and shared in shrewdly stopping evil before may 16, 1979. Harmony and its stable of balances all by your bravery and boldness, Officer Cook. Honored. Saluted . Most of all humility greatly missed! Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
March 3, 2019
Crossing those paths and meeting back at the corners , it was your solemn duty, Officer Cook, to secure and to deter violence from Dade County's midst. Only your good grace and valor combined with refined character, honesty and the validation of excellent integrity and dignity prevented more adverse evil that very traumatic day when you sacrificed your humane and noble life, Officer Cook. Heroism and humility crashing those boards to bar mayhem and bedlam from crushing our serenity and unity. A good man honored and etched in rich history of Dade County's top notch police department. Forevermore, rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
March 3, 2019
Posterity is a form of showing off. Honest and dignified heroes don't boast or brag, they get down to the real business at hand, saving and protecting lives. Something you exposed to, Officer Cook. A real mindful man, integrity and passion whose exploits lead the way here in Dade County. Our liberty, freedoms and prosperity all tied to your gallant resolve. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
March 3, 2019
Keep us in that eternal loop, Officer Cook. A circle of friendship, honor and dignity through bravery and integrity's eyes and ears. One man, one decent hero and superior human being foiling evil's trails in Dade County. For commandeering courtesy and consideration, may God bless and gave honors to your spirit of humanity. Humility and peaceful pursuits now directed by Our Merciful One Blessed be He. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
March 3, 2019
Heat can have an adverse affect on one's own body. But, that does not excuse shooting police officers and taking you, Officer Cook, forever away from your loved ones. You brought gallantry and diligence to your daily roles and for having honor and respect , may God so heroically reward your mortal soul of esteem and efficiency. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
March 3, 2019
Once a bomb explodes it's kind of like a gun going off. You cannot take anything back. Nothing ever taken for granted, Officer Cook, a soul of a man and a rock of solid honor and integrity through wisdom and vision's own two eyes. Dade County was better prepared for a bright future because of you, Officer Cook. A gem who battled violence an displayed the constitution to continue your fruitful journeys. Never the less , Our Creator has your soul securely tucked in for safekeeping. Brave and bold equals resolve and effort. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
March 3, 2019
Courage and honor are tools of the profession to be handled with extreme caution. They are appliances of being astute and having the faculties of awareness and acumen. Your whole life and public career, Officer Cook, rotated around the axis of honesty and integrity. It surely made your dignity and character that much more humane and heroic while saving Dade County from the throes of evil. Your family and peers all have saluted your wonderful soul of unity and liberty, humility's response to one's fighting heart of gold. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
March 3, 2019
When one gallant and humble servant falls all men and women fall. Success and failure generate enough motivation to capture an enemy that can take its toll on any venue. You planned and prepared for a fight, Officer Cook, not just on May 16, 1979, everyday. Once sparks fly, ferocity and dignity must fly with honor and reverence. You remain a trusted and faithful man who assisted in bringing in peace and the frames of more security than ever before. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
March 3, 2019
Tense and emotional are the moments when terror strikes a community. You lead others,Officer Cook, through hazardous conditions when you patrolled the Dade County venues. Never more honor, vigilance and vitality then when you applied your heroic stamina and the integrity that makes dignity mean something. Mankind salutes your valor, humility and kind gestures of faith and hope as you endeavored to battle this monster of a nemesis. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
March 3, 2019
Blasting away to peel off the persistence of evil, your fortitude, Officer Cook, raised the bar of excellence here in Dade County for other brave and honest women and men top follow in. When character, conviction and commitment become clouded and confused, then that's the time to dig deeper and further down to solicit answers that might assist with finding some resolve. Your dignity, integrity and honor never was questioned, Officer Cook and so too should you have been allotted more years. Our Maker directs our destinies and for you, my neighbor, friend and hero, Officer Cook, your soul has been enriching heaven all these decades later. More light and less violence would be just the good cheer that society needs. Rest in peace.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
March 3, 2019
The kicker of courage and honesty is that it must be an everyday trait of all affirmed public servants. Not a just once a week ritual. Your compassion ,Officer Cook and passion made your trails of tenacity more meaningful. Your motivational leadership skills cemented your heroic legacy forever in the eyes of all Dade County citizens. Their happiness, peace and health all the result of your diligent work, Officer Cook, trying to stop the adverse advances of violence and terror. God's solar system has your engaging smile and humbleness watching the forts of ferocity where His pearly gates are well guarded. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
March 3, 2019
Determination triumphs over desertion. Your steadfast loyalty, Officer Cook, symbolized the need for tranquility and freedom to be moved around those very corridors of Dade County. Goodwill and humility helping preserve the integrity and the dignity of society. An honored man giving his life for a cause and the purposes of why good women and men are essential to our survivals. An enhancing conviction and character to be surely heroically saluted and paid homage to. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
March 3, 2019
The loss of a beloved family member and department colleague can be most excruciating. Your loss, Officer Cook, was tragic and sad for when a man bravely and honorably spreads goodwill and peace we must be prepared to salute your honor, integrity and dignity. Dade County was afforded superior service when you patrolled those very streets where harm and evil should be restored and serenity and unity replacing them. A gentleman of character and commitment giving humanity his every ounce of endeavor. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
March 3, 2019
Never haunted and surely acting fearlessly, your days and years, Officer Cook ,were well spent toiling for some staple of safety for Dade County. Your life and dignity garnered the respect and mutual admiration of the entire police world and of course here where you grew up and began your steps up the ladders of mettle and leadership. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Exactly how your family and peers have etched your heart into their own. Legacies are earned not passed out like bubble gum. You earned Our Lord's bounty of blessings, Officer Cook, for bravery and boldness in commitment.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
March 2, 2019
Consideration and respect earn their stripes when one's honesty and integrity run side by side during times of terror. Your character, Officer Cook, was excellent and served Dade County quite well. Humanity was well received by your loving embraces and left no doubt your dutiful calls were very decisive indeed. The humbleness of a heroic man, your life and times , Officer Cook, reflected everything expected from a public servant. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
March 2, 2019
Lush foliage is great to see. What's better to witness? Peace and stability to a region searching for an identity. Dade County is an area that looks to the police from some balance of tranquility and you did your part, Officer Cook, precisely.Honor. Integrity and the wisdom of dignity to expose danger and replace it with some normalcy. You know you did well when colleague salute your honor and pay tribute to your unwavering tenacity, humanity's measure of your humility. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. A career that had a lot more in the tank to utilize, it's sad it could not continue onward. You were the consummate professional, Officer Cook.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
March 2, 2019
Comets drop from the sky and are jettisoned to the earth below. All dignified and respected public servants must take their honor, integrity and dignity to the streets where they risk everything for safety and quiet. Your goodwill and faith, officer spearheaded perseverance and the quality of life Dade County was searching for. A trust man an d a hero forever linked to his humility, your career and civility, Officer Cook, have duly remembered for your all around good nature and loyalty. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Tragedies usually uplift a family's spirits though the pain, grief, hurt and sorrow really never truly disappear. You are truly missed Officer Cook. Never a finer man and human being!
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
March 2, 2019
The A through Z's of police work are not as easy as you would think. You can deliberate as much as possible, until you are in those shoes with a gun and badge strapped on your waist, you cannot ever envision why things happen, go wrong as they did that fateful day, Officer Cook. Dade County, your comrades, family and friends paid honor to your fighting spirit and heroism beyond what dignity and integrity tell us of your humane and humble life. You went before you had a chance t olive and accomplish more for civilization. No rationale, but fierce effort and gumption to match. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
March 2, 2019
Destiny deserves its day in the sun. Yet, there are no rhymes or reasons why its travels get curtailed or permanently cancelled. God saw your excellence, Officer Cook, honored and revered work protecting Dade County. He must have needed another angel to help keep the chains of dignity, integrity and fortitude moving perfectly in sync in His abode. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Giving us serenity, safety and security sometimes has a lesson to be learned. Well as a leader and as a follower, Officer Cook, those programs were taken to a higher sphere for further eternal analysis. May your cherished soul be most blessed, its humanity's way of rewarding your resolve.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
March 2, 2019
Crime provides fits for its most reliable. You just never really understand why violent times take place. You took up a cause of purpose and justified your department's vision with your future, Officer Cook, as an excellent and honored public servant. Dade County was in turbulent times that day of May 16, 1979, when for no good reason a man young like you opened fire against your comrades and civilians. He took your life and almost ended their lives. Befitting for one who has character and humble heroics, you can be quite certain you will be duly remembered for everything given for our missions of goodwill to keep marching forward. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
March 2, 2019
Rumor and innuendo don't romance honesty and dignity. bravery, morals and integrity are always under the scrutiny of the lights. The press has its freedoms and so do the people of Dade County. Your undying courtesies, Officer Cook, forevermore made you a saluted hero of valor and convictions led you to become a great man and a fine policeman. The heavens smile with your bright presence, though you should be here now living in your retirement. Never better principles of character that humility in you uplifted our downtrodden spirits. From those big blue skies keep shining down humbleness on your loving family and inspirational comrades of esteem. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
March 2, 2019
Testimony lives and resides in eternity. A living memorial for your diligent and vigilant service protecting Dade County, Officer Cook. God's quilts and blankets have you covered and well secured. Well endowed in endeavor, efficiency and the perspectives of dignity and integrity, the honorable man you were, Officer Cook, humanity was treated to those saintly gifts of humility and civility that brought down harmony and unity for everyone striving for more. Wish you had more life and years to pursue your chosen joys in life. Your hobbies and photography all vitally important, it was your desire to make that crime scene squad. God hastened your calling where the views and pictures are forever exquisite and perfect.; Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
March 2, 2019
A master instructor, a great leader and a marvelous motivator, all during your young and relatively short career, Officer Cook. Six years of thinking, reacting and heroic effort beyond the professional responses to duty. When evil terror and violence threatened Dade County you did not turn away. You went toe to toe and keeping with your unselfish character kept this man from further harming other officers and residents while risking and giving your life for our peace of mind. You are a friend and legend, Officer Cook, to be celebrated, saluted and paid homage for your natural resolve and dedication. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
March 2, 2019