Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Hello Chief Jacobs and may God bless you and your loving family. "The true," to put it very briefly, is the only expedient in the way of our thinking, just as "the right" is the only expedient in the way of our behaving. Officer Cook, if not for you being so courageous and brave, there's no telling what further calamities would have occurred that very day. Your friend, Bill Cook, Officer Cook to most everybody else was like you stated years ahead of the learning curve in terms of maturity. Police work is of course not a popularity content, the first to the finish line wins the race. You brought dignity, grace, and integrity and compassion to a profession that today at times sorely lacks these basic components. Integrity needs no rules if you follow a few basic rules that a police department sets down and expects all its officers to adhere to. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Still would love to meet you Chief Jacobs, we can visit your friend's grave at Dade North Memorial Park in North Miami, FL and have a meal together. I know a great deli called Ben's in Boca Raton, FL.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 31, 2013

And fierce through the fiends may fight and long through the angels hide, I know that truth and right have the universe on their side. If everyone that fateful day was on the same page, Officer Cook, you would still be with us. It could have God forbid been your comrades who lost their lives, Officers DiGenova, Edgerton, your partner or Detective Blocker. Officers DiGenova and Officer Edgerton had Our Creator certainly watching over them. Your friend and hero, Keith DiGenova still experiences problems both physically and psychologically because of the severe injury to his brain. I hope you are doing well Officer DiGenova, Officer Edgerton, Reserve Officer Lincoln and Detective Blocker. Your friend and colleague and hero, Officer Cook, you should know that he lived his life heroically and only lived by the truth as told to him by the words of Our Creator. His career in law enforcement was enhanced by his mannerisms and just his fashion of creating good will and unity among all citizens. He made all who knew him very proud. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 31, 2013

Truth is the summit of being; justice is the application of it to affairs. Where you now rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero, Officer Cook, because of how well you not only lived your life, but also how excellently you defended others with truth and honor in an unbiased and professional manner, you can now reap the eternal benefits of a job well done. You had to work your tail off to get to that "top of the mountain," you were the best officer in your day and Chief Bowlin surely knew you were the "man with the plan," who could be counted on to make certain the community and its streets were safe and sound in any and all circumstances.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 31, 2013

Truth, life and love are a law of annihilation to everything unlike themselves, because they declare nothing but God. These three virtues were a vital hallmark of your life and career, Officer Cook. without them you couldn't persevere in any of your endeavors, in particular to fulfill your dream of becoming a duly valuable police officer within your community. God, when He creates us, we are given certain traits or skills which can have a lasting effect on us. You were given certain talents which made you the most humble and yet most successful servant of God. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 31, 2013

Hello Rabbi Davis. Just stopping by to say hello and God bless!

Chief Geoff Jacobs
Porterdale (GA) Police Dept.

July 30, 2013

I like a look of agony, because I know it's true; men do not sham convulsion, nor simulate a throe. We can say with clarity the agony and the sadness your family, friends and department all had the day God took you from our midst. As dignified and graceful as you were in life, Officer Cook, this was exhibited in your sacrifice on our behalf. A champion of human rights, with a clear vision how things were expected to be done and handled in a very professional manner. Your bravery allowed your department to only go forward after losing such distinguished officer such as yourself, Officer Cook. The world was and always will continue to fortify because of your honest efforts to battle the forces behind wickedness. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 30, 2013

Truth is inclusive of all virtues, is older than sects or schools and like charity, more ancient than mankind. Charity like most positive traits we learn are first inbred in our souls by our parents. Your loving parents exposed you, Officer Cook and your sister, Nancy to these when you were younger so that when you become adults they were already a major part of your lives. When you and Karen got married these traits continued as you both helped the less fortunate and were able to make an important impact in your community. In both your chosen professions, it was this truth that stood as the test of experience. people serving the public and hospital patients are but just a part of that entity and dignity, grace and humility need to be personified if your endeavors are going to become successful or not. I would imagine after your tragic passing, Officer Cook, Karen continued her nursing career for awhile knowing this is what you would have wanted for her to do moving forward as difficult as one suddenly placed in this position is apt to be physically and emotionally grief stricken. Fortunately, she had a large network of her friends and yours too along with the family supporting her every decision that would change her life. She had to be a very spiritual women to cope with your loss, you too placed your faith in the Almighty to steer you in the direction that enabled you to find happiness and true achievement. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Two truly compassionate and loving individuals coming together as one and it's a crying shame what transpired on May 16, 1979. You forever treasured by all. I wish you could have attended my Bar-Mitzvah along with your sister and parents. Your friendship with my family I know would have been a true Godsend without a doubt.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 30, 2013

The deepest truths are best read between the lines and, for the most part, refuse to be written. The truth be stated that no matter how much training and skills police officers possess, getting a handle on crime in this society will forever be a dogma. Officer Cook, as friendly and honorable as you were, I'm sure you had many a trying time in battling evil. You always presented yourself in a first class and commendable fashion and this was no exception even until your very last watch. The watches you make in God's heavenly streets are the ones that now count the most as you observe and assist God in keeping safe all those men and women of law enforcement who stand ready as you were in defending the lives and properties of the citizens of their very communities. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 30, 2013

Everybody knows if you are too careful you so occupied in being careful that you are sure to stumble over something. In police work one can never be too careful. You just try and go out on patrol regardless of time and do the best job you can do. That is all anyone can ask of its officers. And you were one sensational officer, Officer Cook, highly seasoned and trained to undertake whatever rigors might have come your way. Officers dare to explore where ordinary people would not venture to go. It was a hornet's net that you and Reserve Officer Lincoln found yourselves entangled in and you both performed very admirably under duress. You acquitted yourselves with honor and dignity that sometimes gets overlooked. But you'll always be a Metro-Dade Police Department hero. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 30, 2013

When trouble comes, wise men take to their work: weak men take to the woods. When it came down to answering that call on May 16, 1979, you and your partner Scott Lincoln, Officer Cook, could have headed back to your station house, dressed, signed out and gone home. But, you did your job and carried on right until the end. Men and women all bold and courageous as you were Officer Cook, don't often come around that much. when you heard on your radio what was unfolding, you responded and fought to regain a sense of normalcy. Never to be forgotten. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 30, 2013

If pleasures are greatest in anticipation, just remember that this is also true of trouble. Police officers must always be out there on the streets thinking and planning for anything that might happen. Evil rears its ugliness when one least expects it. You were a progressive thinker, Officer Cook and yet who could have thought that situations like the one on May 16, 1979 would have occurred to you when you had dealt with these issues many other times and came home and lived your life with Karen, knowing full well, anytime and everyday one must be on the lookout. In her profession, she had to be very cautious and aware of her surroundings. Fortunately during your life, my neighbor, friend and hero, you did get to experience happy times and you deserved to see things through with your wife, family and colleagues. There was that proverbial lake for you to dive into and explore much more than than we can fathom. We can think and only God needed you for a more important calling. Rest in peace.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 29, 2013

Some of your griefs you have cured and the sharpest you still have survived; but what torments of pain you endured from evils that never arrived. You arrived with your partner that fateful day of May 16, 1979, Officer Cook, you and Reserve Officer Scott Lincoln attempted to help your fellow officers derail a mad young man bent on violence and this was what no one could have seen come, where you gave you young life protecting Dade County citizens as you took a very solemn oath. Your family and colleagues all mourned your tragic loss and promised you they would carry on the work and roads you so tirelessly pursued. A flame of destruction is the fire of construction. This means your work will not be left dormant and your soul will always continue its inroads in overseeing that fairness, justice and unity will prevail in this community that you dearly loved working for. We won't forget, let others not either. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Saving the lives of your colleagues and those civilians means more than anybody could imagine. Kind of like saving seven universes all at once.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 29, 2013

A foot and light-hearted I take to the open road, healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever I choose. Henceforth, I ask not good fortune, I myself am good fortune, henceforth, I whimper no more, postpone no more, need nothing, done with indoor complaints, libraries, querulous criticisms, strong and content I travel the open road. You sure do now, Officer Cook, travel this long and eternal road that you paved with your successes both during your life and career with the Metro-Dade Police Department. These were the shining examples of how one endeavors with the talents that God has bestowed in them. You truly were blessed in life, your upbringing, two wonderfully loving and devoted parents, a loving sister and a beautiful and beloved wife who loved and adored you as you did for them. Nancy and Karen were so proud of you and what you represented in them and to a community you served so loyally and with the honor and respect due to its citizens and to you and your badge you worn so proudly. Keep exploring as you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. You should be proud as I'm sure you are, Mrs. Cook and your husband, Charles, may he rest in peace would certainly be of your son. He is a real Godsend and there aren't too many like him in action and deed. Your humbleness spoke volumes of your stellar character.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 29, 2013

Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime. You traveled and patrolled the streets of every corner and anywhere where you could make an impression, Officer Cook, on turning back the forces of evil. And you succeeded mightily in all your efforts and now you can help Our Creator as you walk a heavenly beat. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 29, 2013

Traveling is no fool's errand to he or she that carries their eyes and itinerary along with them. I must set forth again tomorrow! With the sunset I must be hull down on the trail of rapture in the wonder of the sea. The wonder of God's creatures is one to behold and this was a good reason for you, Officer Cook, to capture them so brilliantly with your camera. If only you were here to behold these breath taking sights. You are now viewing them from a front row seat in God's sheltered palace along with the other men and women of law enforcement who sacrificed themselves as you so righteously did. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 29, 2013

This is a world that goes slowly, because it has an eternity to go in. For all your accomplishments, Officer Cook, you deserve all the homage that is due to men and women of your position who boldly risk their lives on a daily basis to keep us-the citizens safe and protected. There is not a day that goes by that I don't think of you and what you meant to your family, friends and department. You meant everything to them and you are deeply missed. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 29, 2013

Time is a flowing river. Happy are those who allow themselves to be carried, unresisting, with the current. Even though you carried yourself with honor and pride, Officer Cook, your feats of police work are and will forever be remembered. Life goes on as you my neighbor, friend and hero lookout from above on our ventures in life that you faithfully maintained in dignity and integrity. Rest in peace.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 29, 2013

Time has laid his hand upon my heart, gently, not smiting it, but as a harper lays his open palm upon his harp, to deaden its vibrations. God has you cradled in His palms, Officer Cook, for safekeeping and you will not be forgotten for the courage and bravery you took to your profession. You truly made us proud to have known you. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Time is a great legalizer, even in the field of morals. These are required in every endeavor you pursue in order to achieve.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 27, 2013

The day is done and the darkness falls from the wings of night, as a feather is wafted downward from an eagle in his flight. The day and nights have come and gone, Officer Cook and we keep waiting for you to come home. But the fact is, you and your father, Charles, may he rest in peace have been reunited. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Hopefully, time does endeavor to heal all wounds.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 27, 2013

Time! what an empty vapor'tis! and days, how swift they are: Swift as an Indian arrow-fly on like a shooting star; the present moment just is here, then slides away in haste, that we can never say they're ours, but only say they're past. It sure has been somewhat of an empty feeling losing you Officer Cook, but we know you are in a safe place now assisting God as you walk a beat in His golden streets. Arrows and bullets can take a person down if if they are highly trained and properly motivated. The lesson here is to always be cautious. Something you were well adept at doing, Officer Cook. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 27, 2013

Time present and time past are both perhaps present in time future and time future contained in time past. If all time is eternally present all time is unredeemable. What might have been is an abstraction remaining a perpetual possibility only in a world of spectulation. For all police officers time present and in the times past who have faithfully performed their duties and gave their lives in saving citizens and making them safe, we could not ask for anything mightier. Officer Cook, your linkage to the past is always going to remain as your legacy, we will remember your loving generosities and will look up to you for sage advice. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 27, 2013

Give me no changeless hours, for I know moments on earth are sweeter that they go. The memories of your life and career, Officer Cook, are made even sweeter by your presence among your family, friends and colleagues. You were an icon among your peers and your spirit will live forever in those who cherished you. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 27, 2013

Time is a river without banks. Time cuts down all, both great and small. You were taken in your prime, although you were a young man, Officer Cook, the promise you had as a dedicated police officer, loving son, wonderful brother and caring husband can never be taken away. The diabolical act of a young man who was bent on violence is something to this day that we who knew you still ponder in our minds. Why? If he wanted to be demonstrative then there were surely other means to taking out one's anger and we don't mean shooting police officers like yourself who only want to be able to perform their jobs and eliminate the fears the community suffers and loses out on because of unwanted mayhem. Your status as one of the best police officers in Dade County will forever remain solidified. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. The rivers of love and unity should only flow with good health, peace and prosperity for all.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 24, 2013

There is no boredom or misery to equal the pursuit of distraction alone. We do not slip into happiness. It is strenuously sought and earned. A nation glued to the television screen is not simply at a loss before the iron pioneers of the new collective society. It isn't even having a good time. Your profession, Officer Cook, afforded you the many chances to serve and to protect the citizens of Dade County and for this they will be forever grateful to you and the many officers who have made the ultimate sacrifice in an attempt to get evil off the streets. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 24, 2013

In this last reflection, Officer Cook, I meant to say that they should have named the side-panels to honor your memory, the 1664's, and not the 1541's, as this was my father, Owen C. Davis's badge number when he was a policeman in New York City. I wished my dad had an kind of protection, he did not and yet he spent thirty-eight years with his department. So I apologize for the mistake. You were a very dedicated person and officer who paid the dearest price for our freedoms and should not be forgotten. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. You sir wore badge#1664 with the honor, pride, dignity and integrity that the position was meant to be.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 23, 2013