Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

The thoughts of any police officer should always be focused on the goodwill of the people. The citizens of Dade County speak loud and clear. They spoke that way on May 16, 1979, Officer cook, whenever they observed you out on patrol making certain they would be safe. You lessened the evil, you fought the battles over violence, the fight you had on your hands that day along with your colleagues was probably one tough task, also the fact you were a block away and yet you didn't have to respond. We know that is not an officer's motto. Your morals, honesty and upbringing would not allow you to see your comrades facing danger so you went and were determined to calm this troubled young man down. You performed in an outstanding way and gave your life so others could live on. Your beautiful spirit lives on and rests in the hearts of not only family, it is instilled in all who knew you as well. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Your courageousness and resolve rests within your heroic legacy, one guaranteed to burn eternally. God will make sure of this. The deeds of the righteous are rewarded for us to observe. This won't ever be disturbed.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 27, 2016

When dignified women and men go out in any community to patrol, preserve and protect the public from evil, this is their offering to our society and it is a solemn role based upon the principles of ethical conduct, honesty and integrity.Surely, Officer Cook, you possessed all the proper morals and attributes to see your missions until the end. You were that humbly dedicated servant, whose loyalty and reverence, decency and diligence stayed with you all your life. Your career brought nothing but proud and happy moments for your wonderful family to cherish and to treasure forever. Courage, character and commitment from a brave soul that shines atop God's heavenly shelter where you now patrol His golden streets. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Your legacy has been and will be saluted for all time. What you accomplished in humility and in enhancement could never be replicated. What needs replicating is for those who have taken over your watch to act decisively in proper conduct professionally and carry on with honesty, dignity and a positive influence for others to act right.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 27, 2016

Preservation and reconciliation do go hand in hand. Without one you cannot ever garner the other. Honor and decorum go together and every officer who takes that solemn affirmation to serve and protect must be made aware of this before starting out. You were a dedicated servant, Officer Cook, no one had to say anything. Your actions spoke louder and clearer than anything else. We came to rely on your dignity and intelligence to see us through. Your missions were completed even though there was more for you to fulfill. Please watch over us, Officer Cook, keep shining positive vibes that one day violence and bloodshed will stop forever. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Your diligence has made Dade County rest a little easier today. To receive you have to give something, your sacrifice sadly was the dearest price. You'll never be forgotten. A humble hero with legendary humility.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 26, 2016

Undermining one's dignity, integrity and honesty can certainly harm morale and even more so it could endanger other police officers who share in the onuses of service and protection. So supremely superior of an officer, you went out, Officer Cook, within the Dade County community to enhance and to offer relief to its residents. Loyal and cherished individuals know their roles, it is not a numbers game. Each brave and valiant professional, goes about their assignments in their own classy and decent fashion. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Devotion, faith and desire have left a lasting imprint upon your heroic legacy.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 26, 2016

I meant to say, Officer Cook, you served with three important criteria: honor, integrity and dignity, but it's the assignment to get facts straight and do your roles as promptly and as properly as possible. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. It will always rest in your commitment, character and the conviction to act as you did on May 16, 1979. Everyday you;ll be cherished for your humbly remarkable feats. Service with a smile, passion with care. Consideration and kindness befitting all people. Honesty shall always carry those it to a reward waiting for them.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 26, 2016

A man's honor is important. A police officer's dignity and integrity is more essential when trying to resolve and to solve much more complex issues that threaten the very fabric our society. Your upbringing, Officer Cook, was the epitome of humbleness and a genuine respect you had for all people. Safety, serenity and unity were hitched to your uniform and badge that was worn proudly and quite well. We honor your commitment, valor and courage to perform an unwavering task that challenges most of us. Your mindset was of leadership. vision and the strength to carry on. Your soul burns brightly today a sit always has since May 16, 1979. Make no mistake you were a true hero to Dade County and its citizens. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. You put the people first and always had your priorities in order. Our Creator has one divine and faithful servant patrolling His golden streets.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 25, 2016

We know this world can be cruel, vicious and no telling what else. The job and responsibility of all our bravest officers is to at least be able to remain calm amid problems and to communicate this to the residents they serve and protect. You did this in a very loving and humble manner, Officer Cook. Not just with your smile and engaging personality, nut with three most important criteria: honor, integrity and dignity. It was your class, decency and decorum along with your desire and determination that helped in your growth. You remain cherished, loyal and faithful as this too was essential in your vigilance and perseverance in securing Dade County's peace and those enhancements that are too apart of your legacy. For generations to come your admiration and respect will be enhanced as well. Sacrifice comes with a very dear price that you my neighbor, friend and hero as you rest in peace shall not ever be forgotten.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 25, 2016

While compassionately, fervently and honestly carrying out your professional duties, Officer Cook, you were able to maintain poise and calm amid the strife that was occurring within Dade County and its neighboring venues. But than again your dignity and integrity were instrumental in all your accomplishments in both your life and career. Your comrades, family and friends can all look back and remember a very brave and courageous young man with a talent for aiding others. Peace and freedom remain the cornerstones of your heroic legacy built upon strength and character as those cornerstones that we rely upon in all our heroes and heroines. Every last ounce of effort and energy is needed to battle the forces of wickedness that our society prays that one day it will be eradicated. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 25, 2016

Spring will be just around the corner, yet for all seasons your beloved soul, Officer Cook, stays fixated within us. It's in your family, friends and colleagues who battled the forces of evil with you daily. Your devotion, dedication and desire to make peace will always be the foundations of your life and a career complimented with honesty, dignity and integrity. To the brave and courageous women and men who fought and continue fighting for our unities and freedoms we surely salute them. They afforded us the enhancements through their empowerment, your sacrifice my neighbor, friend and hero stays rock solid in diligence and in perseverance. Rest in peace.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 24, 2016

The fruits of our labor are our rewards in the world to come. They belong to us so long as we are honest, dignified and proficient. You were that diligent a man, Officer Cook, you dared to dream, you worked your hardest to reach that crowning pinnacle of your life, a career that helped you and Karen purchase a home in North Miami in the Norland section. A humble hero, a precious and loyal protector of human rights and peace that was spread throughout Dade County and its residents. Today, I visited your grave, Officer cook, where you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. One legacy that will stand the tests of time. Strength in leadership skills, commitment and character will keep your soul aflame in God's friendly confines. Heaven awaits those faithfully cherished heroes and heroines.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 24, 2016

Hello Chief Jacobs. The invite is still there whenever you visit South Florida and we can go together and visit your classmate, friend and police academy colleague, Officer Cook. To you he will always be Bill Cook, I'm just a little more formal. If I had known you, Officer Cook, you would have said to me no William, just Bill or Billy as you were known by in North Miami Beach, Florida where you grew up to become a model police officer, an honest and dignified gentleman and even more a truly humane and humble public servant and quality human being. I should try to call Officer Frank Piloto as you both battled the evil that still lingers sadly on Dade County streets. There have been quite a few youngsters killed within the last year in shootings. When will the violence stop? I wish you were still around, Officer Cook ,to calmly and most proficiently serve, protect and pacify these insane people who seem to think that killing these young people with their whole life in front of them is justified. It is not tolerable. Domestic violence is not condonable. It took your life and halted a career and life that had much more to treasure and to achieve. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Your character, care, concern and courage are the things you will be continually honored and saluted for. Praise God for giving us one beloved and talented leader of liberty, peace and unity. Dade County won't forget you, Officer Cook. The soul of a wise man only ascends, the wicked have to face their maker sooner or later.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 23, 2016

Time changes. Do we change our tunes and act with a little more dignity? Sometimes a little straightforward conversation is all that is required to turn a person's life around. That was why Metro-Dade's Police Department had you, Officer Cook among its finest guardians of service and protection. The credence of peace and togetherness must always be as one and also your powers of humble persuasion helped greatly in calming folks down who were a bit agitated. Feelings run high at times, with badge#1664 patrolling those streets people felt more secure, seeing that you were a taciturn and peaceful man of nature. It will always be your honesty and integrity that rightfully guided you and now as you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero, it is Our Lord taking your soul from one place to another. In life the commitment and character were there, it's still there as it will never depart from those heavenly shelters where you are now being loyally watched over as you guide those in bravery who have resumed your position.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 23, 2016

The aura of an individual is the life they lead honorably, with both dignity and integrity incorporating their every movement. All your travels, your journeys in both your life and career, Officer Cook, were steered by God's graceful hands for such a devout and faithfully reliable servant that you were shall never be forgotten. courage, wisdom and commitment to excellence and heroism shall always be saluted as you were a most cherished friend and esteemed comrade to all. Dade County relishes and remembers those men and women who displayed undaunted perseverance and diligence. You were an accomplished gentleman of hope, justice and peace. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. The light of your soul illuminates our entire society one that was perpetuated with your humility and gallant leadership.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 23, 2016

We sometimes have to swallow the bad along with the good that life has to offer us. We pay heed and remember the souls of our dignified and loving family members who besides being admired, respected and treasured were the carriers of peace, unity and prosperity in their communities. In Dade County, Officer Cook, you took the mantle and carried the torch of hope, faithfulness and optimism as far it could travel. Now after almost thirty-seven years, that light from your beloved soul is still burning brilliantly, no flickering. Those who battled crime with you can still look back and never forget your bravery and friendship within the ranks of your department. Though many changes have since taken place they are a direct result of your unwavering sacrifice to permit our desires and aspirations to continue. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Your family has mourned your passing and yet your class, decency and commitment to mankind has no been forgotten. Things change. People change. Your good name, Officer Cook will be perpetuated for eternity. And it all reverberates back to your honorably humble upbringing.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 22, 2016

Police officers patrol, preserve and protect the public constituency, they are the citizens who come to rely on these honorable, brave and most dignified souls of life and its prosperity. As part of this professional fraternity, Officer Cook, you were charged with maintaining the very peace and unity so that contingencies don't always have to be put into place. But your character, eloquence and calming voice of reason and compassion was surely the thing that paved your ways in both your life and during your career which was humbly topped off by achievement. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero, you'll always be in my prayers and thoughts, a cherished soul who exemplified greatness. God welcomes His heroines and heroes with open arms to take a sacred place in His heavenly shelter to assist Him in patrolling those golden streets and to look down upon their families and colleagues who have taken over their watches in both diligence and in perseverance.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 22, 2016

Life should never be taken for granted. Yesterday, I thought about you, Officer Cook, as I always do and cried. I wondered how your friend, Officer Keith DiGenova is doing these days. That awful day of May 16, 1979, in which your young life and career were taken heinously from you, no one can mistake honorably heroic actions, dignity and integrity to last a lifetime. What you accomplished in your life can never be replicated. Humility and the grace to carry on with your legacy is the one sure way to salute your memory. The mindset of a Godsend whose morals and character that has left an indelible impression upon our society and those whom you protected and served. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 21, 2016

For most people Sunday starts a new week. And yet it is these days, hours, weeks, months and years that seem to be so long. Now as the time will change in a few weeks, we remember you, Officer Cook. As the date of your end of watch draws near we cannot forget your undying love, your unselfish dignity, integrity and honesty to all professional calls of duty. Persevering and pondering, you gave your best endeavors on a daily basis ensuring the safety and serenity of all Dade County residents. Your vigilance and valor humbly validate your legacy of heroism, hope and enhancement. As cherished and respected, admired and revered as you were, please let your wonderful soul continue lighting up our beautiful heavens above. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. The compassion, commitment and convictions were always there. badge#1664 was always present and accounted for whenever you patrolled the streets of a community in which you were an integral part of.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 21, 2016

The Lord reveals Himself in mysterious ways we can only ponder. Police officers show themselves by their honesty, dignity and integrity. They acquit themselves as you did, Officer Cook, with loyalty and a passion to perform your professional roles promptly, not just as a matter of fact. Facts help solve crimes, they go a along way in deciding cases. Having a positive demeanor and a calming voice of reason, it too helps the cause. For six devoted and humanely humble years, a quarter of your life, Officer Cook, you were involved in law enforcement as you saw a niche in serving others. And for your heroic actions of May 16, 1979, you have been and will be remembered for your grace, gallantry and valor. The words and principles by which we live our lives. They were your causes, your goals, your dreams and desires. You understood where they would take you. Your community, your family and colleagues and close personal friends could not be any prouder of your wisdom, leadership and commitment to see justice and truth carried out efficiently and with perseverance. The righteous pursue. The simple pursue. The effort in the pursuit is the reward we gain from God later on. Honesty shall always be the best policy.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 20, 2016

A pursuer of peace, a visionary of vigilance, more importantly an honorable, decent and humbly courageous hero, Officer Cook, you were back in your day one of Dade County's finest and most respected officers. It goes to demonstrate that if you are reared properly with character, morals and principles, then it can take you a long way to success if the desire, decency and integrity are all present and accounted for. You'll not be forgotten for assisting with the peace and unity process of all citizens. Badge#1664 and the uniform worn with humility and pride has been saluted as you remain cherished and beloved forever. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. A legacy founded upon dignity and determination that was essential in calming and communicating with everyone. Only the goodness of Our Creator allows us the opportunities to flourish, we should take advantage when they present themselves, serve with faith and be devout to resolve whatever issues confront us.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 20, 2016

The fight will end one day and we the people can be exceedingly thankful. Men and women like yourself, Officer Cook, don't just pop into our lives. Yet, you dreamed. You aspired to become a police officer, a man of morals and character whose life was devoted to actions of righteousness. Violence tragically happens all over the world, without your courage and commitment we could not live in peace and prosperity. You continue to live on in your family and their aspirations and goals that they try to achieve. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Your legacy lives forever as a cherished and respected gentleman. And an even humbler and most humane individual.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 19, 2016

Those of us who act with caution and not despair are blessed. And it is those brave and honorable men and women police officers who have sacrificed for the goodwill of all mankind. You lived a life of devotion and dedication to dignity and integrity, Officer Cook and so this day and each day we take time to pause and reflect back on your life. One bright smile, one calming voice of hope and peace, of optimism for Dade County and its residents. You'll be remembered for the sheer will to battle evil and the enhancements that have been fortified by your courage and decency to do what we deemed proper. Always fair and yet loyal and most faithful to your comrades in arms. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.l

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 19, 2016

Women and men who risk everything only deserve our most humane blessings and salutes of honor. Let their passion be filled with dignity and integrity as your journeys, Officer Cook, were led by these scruples. No doubt about your heroic life, career and upbringing, it brought joy and peace to all mankind. Your legacy remains stellar in courage and conviction, the strength meant to carry on. And now we too must shoulder those burdens that you solidly placed on your shoulders. All police officers as efficient as they try to be are our eyes and ears as they serve and protect the so called public interest. You worked hard, loved your work and were adored by all. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. A fascinating and inspirational person, a more humble human being. First class all the way.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 18, 2016

Fascination versus fabrication. There those of us who are so called police buffs, interested in how our devoted and courageous officers go about their professional responsibilities. I may not have known you, Officer Cook and yet when I heard and read the accounts of what happened to you on May 16, 1979, I though and cried. Now thirty-seven years later, I still cannot fathom why while just doing your job with integrity, dignity and honor, the very same wanton violence that you tried to stop, took your young life and career, a career marked for many more humble achievements. A God giving soul with a giant heart ready to help others pursue and stay safe. Why? You were a beautiful person with an engaging personality who was described as a true hero and police officer who cared about Dade County and its residents. All by your sterling character and commitment to excellence and justice. The right enhancements to live by and to live in unity for. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Only truth from your lips and this was no fantasy. No false images. You saw the Officer Cook whose soul still burns brightly and who was compassionate about his role. Respected by all who bravely go about their daily challenges.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 18, 2016

To dare to dream, our goals are the fuels that stoke the furnace of enhancements. Your dreams, Officer Cook, were fulfilled and fruitfully maintained while patrolling the venues of Dade County honorably, with dignity and everlasting integrity. The labors of love, respect and admiration which we afford our most beloved professional public servants who bravely go out and protect our liberties and unity. If not for your leadership, vision and keen wisdom, then no telling how the landscape would look today. It does reveal courage, diligence and keeping the channels of communication open between one and all. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Your soul is kept lit by doing what was deemed proper and fitting. May 16, 1979 will never be forgotten. It needs no reminder, you stood for truth and loyalty, Officer Cook. A most cherished gentleman who heroics saved many lives that very tragic day. You deserved a better fate and yet God in His infinite wisdom hold our journeys in His holy hands.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 17, 2016

You did an outstanding job, Officer Cook, at preservation and in saving lives. Our future generations can hopefully look forward to the day when violence has once and for all finally been conquered. A tall onus, but with the help and endeavors of your colleagues who have since taken over your watch, the burdens have been decreased. What must hold the forts of freedom and peace steady are honesty, dignity and integrity, otherwise the war will rage on in a manner that will make it more difficult to grasp the severity of the situation. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Many certain things have stayed stable and forever will, your caring concern, your commitment to justice and fairness, your strength of character bold and yet humble enough to stand up to the wickedness you fought feverishly to contain. Maintaining a calming influence surely served Dade County citizens as compassionately as you so faithfully persevered.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 17, 2016