Metro-Dade Police Department, Florida
End of Watch Wednesday, May 16, 1979
Reflections for Police Officer William Coleman Cook
A man with fibers and fabrics of ferocity going his professional business protecting and serving Dade County with class, dedication and determination, all grit and gumption, Officer Cook, given to us by a gentleman of honored faith, devoted dignity and intelligent heart and soul, humility and unselfish integrity and outstanding character, commitment and convictions which gave us a semblance of peace, stability for us to pursue our purposes in life just as your esteemed and loyal family my neighbor, friend and angelic hero of perseverance. Rest in peace. Your life and career will be remembered and solemnly saluted for virtue, vision and versatility in performing your onuses.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 15, 2025
A man with a family very much beloved in Dade County whose son battled adversity each day as a duly heroic public servant. Your life and career of effort and efficiency, Officer Cook, was marked by everything in the language of honesty, dignity and integrity that protected and served with virtue and sanctity every home where peace and stability is essential to life moving forward. A gentleman of character, charm and embracing commitment and conviction whose truth and trust went down the trails and paths of unselfish and unwavering consistency. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend, angel and hero. You moved mountains with humility and heart, Officer Cook. You will be missed and saluted for your loyalty and esteem.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 14, 2025
Boldness, courage and fortitude, Officer Cook, was as your honesty, dignity and integrity patrolling Dade County and its residents. Today, we can be grateful to you and your fellow officers who took their onuses above and beyond. You will forevermore be saluted and remembered for solemn service and protection. An angel never forgotten rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero of true and trustworthy commitment, character and conviction. Peace and security are our companions because of your unselfish and unwavering labors of esteem and loyalty.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 13, 2025
Heroes and heroines are human beings blessed with a sacred degree of fortitude, ferocity and unselfish dedication, dignity and devotion to their difficult tasks at hand in protecting life and property. No small potatoes, Officer Cook and for six years of stamina, acumen, advanced integrity and outstanding character were you allowed to fortify our hearts, souls and loyal pursuits in life. You sir gave the ultimate sacrifice of true and trustworthy allegiance to spare the public of wanton violence that since that very day still sadly permeates its ugliness around us. But, peace, liberty and prosperity don't ever seem that distant from us as your relatives continue remembering you, their "Uncle Bo" so sharp and clever with a mind like a tack. The angel in you forever floats high above diligently and perfectly shining His compassion on the folks of Dade County where your battles occurred. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. A job well performed in saving your fellow officers and those who yearned for your pillow of support, endeavor, virtue and journeys taken seriously, the goodwill, resiliency and faithful cause all applied to every situation that confronted you. Twenty-five years lived and well spent taking the bull by the horns of humility, heart and unwavering grit, gumption and determination.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 12, 2025
Your might and heart all humbly blessed and most humanely heroic, Officer Cook, served and saved the folks of Dade County from more impending violence that fateful day when dignity, honesty and integrity packed the punches of perseverance and effort. You gave your life and career for peace and serenity to stay glued to the homes of those who choose to pursue lives of esteem and goodwill. You will always be saluted and solemnly remembered for virtue, wisdom and vision all angelic and of sound character, true commitment and trusted convictions. May God shine His grace upon your soul and spirit my neighbor, friend and hero as you rest in peace.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 12, 2025
A police officer who welcomed the dangerous challenges and tasks ahead of him to serve and to protect the citizens of Dade County. Character, commitment, intuition, ingenuity and intelligence all clearly refined and renewed on a daily basis. This was your daily onus, Officer Cook, a hero who greeted honor, integrity and dignity with unselfish heart and soul. The angel in you spoke and was answered as our pursuits in life have been for the most part done with safety and security guiding their wings. Your wings my neighbor, friend and hero are keeping the loyalty, esteem and virtue hovering above as your legacy stays bright. Rest in peace. Badge#1664 was reverence, diligence and vigilance packing a very powerful wallop at adversity, evil and wanton violence. Sanctity and nobility were humility's friends and partners during your professional aspirations and pursuits. Keep shining brightly upon your beloved family. They have all made you very proud of them. Just wished we could have befriended one another and broken bread together. Surely missed but never forgotten and forevermore saluted for virtue, valor, versatility, wisdom and most of all a man of vision, politeness and common sense and direction. Always concerned, caring and most compassionate.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 11, 2025
A smile that should still be here alive and well. A well earned retirement you were sadly denied of acquiring, Officer Cook, because you fought and gave your angelic life and career as a forever Dade County hero. A man possessing the utility belt of integrity, dignity and honesty assisting the upstanding character and convictions of an unselfish servant who strove for peace, security and safety for all people and humanity is poorer today by your absence. One of esteem, virtue, loyalty and the sacred missions of goodwill, faith and dedication poured forth to sprout a new seed of progress rather than going backward. Never forgotten and always saluted for endearing, enhancing and enriching reverence, diligence and vigilance. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Values, morals, ideals and highly refined scruples as does tenacity do apply in the hunt for freedom and liberty for all. your soul, heart and spirit, Officer Cook, never wavered or wandered they concentrated upon those humane and humble responsibilities at hand every moment of your watch and life of devotion and fruition.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 11, 2025
Time surely never ceases. It was your dreams, goals and aspirations in life, Officer Cook, that drove your career pursuits to work for Dade County as a public service professional. You did serve with heroic grace and dignity where honesty, character and integrity patrolled the streets with acumen, awareness, dedication and desire. Truth and trust all going down the trails and paths of perseverance, proficiency and effort. Your uniform of commitment and conviction was worn with unselfish faithfulness and resourcefulness all angelic and heroic. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Humility and your unwavering heart of respect and diligence did outstanding jobs in the fields of ferocity and tenacity.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 11, 2025
The heroic perform above and beyond the scopes of their onuses. You were outstanding in your life and during your professional career protecting the folks of Dade County, Officer Cook. A man built on the wings of dignity, integrity and honest character that was truly loyal, esteemed and of trustworthy commitment and convictions all running down the streams of serenity and security. Forever saluted as an angel of versatility, virtue and vision all wisdom beyond your years. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 10, 2025
The amount of effort given extraordinary. Your whole life and career of heroic virtue, honor humbly blessed and fortified by integrity, character and dignity rescued Dade County, its folks and your loyal and esteemed colleagues, Officer Cook, from more calamity and evil. A man on a mission of goodwill, faith and dedication all angelic, true and trusted. May you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 9, 2025
The toil of your sweat and blood, Officer Cook, was meant to serve and to preserve the integrity, dignity and honor of Dade County's residents. When excellent character and true commitment and conviction are taken abruptly we must take notice and remember the young man of virtue so gallant and bold. Just remember trails and paths blazed with the scents of literally that common sense which you had, Officer Cook and no one will forget you and you'll be saluted for intuition, loyalty and treasured esteem as your family's heroic angel of acumen and accentuated blessings and unselfish compassion. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 8, 2025
Desire and fierce determination allowed you, Officer Cook, to make a heroically humble impact on society and in Dade County your beloved community where you grew up, got married to your beloved Karen and protected mankind with extra sweet, precious and loyal devotion to everything that comes with becoming a truly trustworthy public service professional. In dignity we locate dedication. In integrity we find instrumental care, unselfish heart and soul that worked beyond the calls and responsibilities where virtue, sanctity and goodwill continue climbing higher each moment as your angelic spirit hovers above looking down on your family that keeps your character, commitment and outstanding convictions in their pursuits as your heroic legend shines brightly. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 8, 2025
Distinct and succinct, clarity, vision and sanctity directed your life and career endeavors, Officer Cook, as you were a very heroic, loyal and esteemed gentleman of alacrity and wisdom, virtue beyond your years serving Dade County and its residents. Our security, safety and serenity all because you cared and were completely unselfish and unwavering in your compassion to mankind and humanity which has missed you as much as your family has. You were a welcome relief to all of us and surely a man of dignity, character and integrity that shielded the public with a humbly blessed perseverance and patience. A gentle soul with an angelic heart that rests forever in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. True faith and allegiance were diligence and vigilance fortuitously combined.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 7, 2025
You were a very unique and heroic young man, Officer Cook, so why did God need your sweet and precious heart and soul with Him in heaven? The answers are hidden from us as only Our Creator knows them. And yet with honor, dignity and integrity you patrolled Dade County with clarity, alacrity and virtue. A hero forever etched in your family's minds and hearts as their sacred journeys and missions of faithfulness, truth and trust continue with "Uncle Bo" always watching over them. An angel of character, commitment and conviction that rests in peace with you my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 6, 2025
Whatever it takes whenever that happens and wherever one soul is needed to provide a comforting lift there you were, Officer Cook. to implant fairness, justice and the peaceful pursuits of blessed and humanely humble happiness to mankind and to the devoted citizens of Dade County, your serene home where you heroic heart lived and toiled feverishly for more than adequate protection and safe trails for all. A man of loyalty, esteem and honesty who gave his life and spirit for everything to occur naturally sadly on May 16,1979 your dignity, integrity and outstanding character and staunch commitments to excel were taken back home to eternity where the angel inside of a dedicated young man rests in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. True and trustworthy patriotism was exhibited everyday that you patrolled the streets, roads and corners where your humble name is saluted for virtue and sacred journeys all remain with Officer William C. Cook Street on NW 17th Avenue and NW 75th street. It's for your family, friends and most noble comrades to see and respect with unselfish affection, adoring blessing and for others following in your footsteps to inspect and to take diligent notice of. Conviction, faithfulness and determination all forevermore revered and always vigilant.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 5, 2025
A gentleman of humility with a serenely sensitive heart and soul, blessed with fortitude and heroism. They shall never leave your spirit of which God watches over for eternity, Officer Cook. Dade County was your esteemed and beloved community where loyalty and yearning successfully battled evil. A warrior of welcome honor, integrity and dignity, character and commitment so demarcated. You'll always be the apple of your family's eyes. We salute you for coming to aid the citizens and your fellow officers caught in the hairs of a heinous man without reverence, morals and scruples. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. God bless you, Officer Cook, your esteemed family and faithfully diligent and vigilant comrades in arms of virtue, vision and sacred missions of goodwill put forth earnestly.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 4, 2025
Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero, Officer Cook, your sacred and solemn life and career serving Dade County shall forevermore be saluted for virtue, honesty, integrity, dignity and true and trustworthy character. These traits have been augmented, accentuated and documented for those who have your watch to observe and to be careful. Unselfish and humbly blessed and intuitive.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 3, 2025
We have the freedom to do good and the liberty to pursue our very aspirations and dreams in our daily lives. So true and so too did you, Officer Cook, make the sacred journeys to become a recognized officer in your department. Faithful, abundantly unselfish and unwavering in all your commitments, convictions and the outstanding and dignified character that must be authentic and clearly above the normal. That is how you'll forever be heroically remembered and saluted for serving Dade County and its citizens. Loyalty, diligence, respect and resourcefulness all truthful and trustworthy. Battle tested, succinct and filled with humbly blessed acumen and virtue. A proud man protecting us with heart, soul and all your might as your family's golden angel. May you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. A badge and uniform worn with fairness, firmness and ferocity.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 2, 2025
Truly trusted with protection and service, your vehicles of virtue, vision and versatility, Officer Cook, were so attuned and so affixed on Dade County and its people of whom those still here today have never forgotten the heroic heart and soul so honored and so humbly blessed with excellence and dignity. It certainly was your unwavering, unselfish and unrelenting character, commitment and convictions that assisted in stemming the tides of terror and violence. Our lives and peace were brokered by you and surely the loyalty and esteem of a humane warrior fighting with every reservoir of energy and acumen until you gave your life and professional career for serenity, security and safety to walk down the paths and trails in which goodwill, faithfulness and resiliency go hand in hand with endeavor, efficiency and nothing but reverence, diligence and vigilance from a most gallant gentleman of first class, determination, devotion and steadfast dedication from an angel now walking his heavenly beat above. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 1, 2025
A man so humble, brave and esteemed. Officer Cook, you will never need superlatives to describe you, your life and professional career serving Dade County and its folks. Devoted, loyal and forever saluted and treasured by family, friends and comrades who invested their time working and enjoying the quiet times together. Our very safety and security were brought about through honesty, dignity and the integrity of your virtue, character and commitment to excel through true trustworthiness. Badge#1664 was well trained, well prepared as the very best and diligence, vigilance and reverence was first class and unselfish. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and angelic hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
May 31, 2025
Angels watch over us as you have been doing, Officer Cook, over your loved ones all these decades after you gave your life and career for Dade County to live peacefully. Everything from honor, dignity and integrity was used in an orchestrated manner to enhance humanity. A man of devout faith, truth and trust putting the brakes on violence and will be saluted for heroic virtue, vision and sacred versatility. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
May 31, 2025
Everyday is a blessing as I'm very sure, Officer Cook, you did not take life nor your career for granted. It was hoist upon your humbly heroic shoulders to serve and to protect Dade County's own. You must be resourceful, devoted and highly motivated in matters of honesty, character, dignity and integrity otherwise your sacred journeys may not go according to plan. You gave your life of esteem, loyalty and cherished enhancement to broaden humanity's horizons of faith, trust and truth to be saluted and solemnly remembered. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. An angel whose legacy shines brighter each moment as you watch over your family, colleagues and friends.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
May 30, 2025
All bright character, charm, charisma and commitment, your convictions, Officer Cook, were all sincere and heroically honorable. Dade County had your due diligence, vigilance and the virtue of a man geared to find evil and weed it out from us. Loyalty, dignity and integrity all stationed right at your badge, uniform and vest to be saluted and never forgotten. An angel in heaven patrolling God's golden streets. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero of faith, truth and trustworthiness.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
May 29, 2025
Blessings and character are not be be taken lightly and surely not granted. Police have to work dangerously under these umbrellas of understanding and hope in order for their goodwill, resourcefulness and faithfulness to be recognized and realized. You put yourself in harm's way, Officer Cook, to make Dade County safer and more securer. You did an excellent and outstanding job with creating peace, security and the safety so that our trails and paths could continue smoothly. A badge of distinction wore superbly as was your honesty, integrity and dignity on your badge of heroic virtue, sanctity and the pyramids of perseverance, diligence and vigilance surrounding your family and friends at all times. As an angel in heaven your cherished, esteemed and loyal soul, heart and spirit can watch over your entire community. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
May 28, 2025
Wish you were here on this earth, Officer Cook, so we could meet and greet one another and have a humbly blessed conversation about life and this community where you grew up, North Miami Beach, Florida. Forty-six years later your beloved family has been robbed of your effervescent presence. A young man girded in hope, faith and resilient devotion as you patrolled with clear honor, integrity and dignity all born from your loyal, esteemed and heroic character, commitment and the convictions of ideal truth and trust from a man wiser than his years. If we took your vision, versatility and virtue and added them together the sum of all these traits would make you the right public servant geared to handle all duties regardless of the dangers as your sacred affirmation was to serve and protect the peace and safety of Dade County as one of Our Creator's angels and your family who carries your unselfish and unwavering legend of respect, ferocious diligence and advanced vigilance forward as you my neighbor, friend and hero rest in peace.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
May 27, 2025

