Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Police Officer William Coleman Cook

Metro-Dade Police Department, Florida

End of Watch Wednesday, May 16, 1979

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Reflections for Police Officer William Coleman Cook

Dignity, honor and integrity marked your trustworthy and truthful life and career, Officer Cook, heroically patrolling our security and freedoms here in Dade County. Your family has missed you very terribly as they know this was what you chose to become and you never ever let them down an angel from heaven sacredly watching over everyone as you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Your badge and uniform represented character, commitment, true excellence and allegiance to your fellow officers. A brave soul and unselfish heart and soul until your last breath sadly taken by an evil man.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 23, 2025

Heart, soul and humility followed your life and career heroically down those trails and paths of truth and trust, Officer Cook. It was in Dade County where you gave your life for our peace and security sad and tragic and yet your family lovingly carries on with you and your blessed legacy forevermore in their hearts and minds. Outstanding character, charm and loyal and esteemed commitment and conviction always personified by wisdom, virtue and sacred vision throughout everything that you achieved in becoming. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and heroic angel. You were to upstanding and classy parents and a doting big sister in Nancy who will always revere and love you. They all missed you very much and the rest of your family has missed you so terribly. What a dedicated and fortuitous warrior of unselfish and unwavering diligence, reverence and sanctity.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 23, 2025

Six years of honor, dignity, integrity and a blessed and heroic heart, Officer Cook, were some of the many character traits you possessed and Dade County was certainly well protected and looked after. Character, commitment and conviction are forever attached to your legacy that we salute and your wisdom, vision and virtue too. First class dedication! Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 22, 2025

When honesty, dignity and integrity are robbed from a loyal, heroic and treasured individual we must solemnly remember and salute their valor, character, commitment and virtue such as yours, Officer Cook, an angel who faithfully, truthfully and with steadfast dedication and fortitude protected Dade County with all your heart, soul and unselfish might. Never forgotten and always loyal and esteemed. Your loss, your family and department's loss shall always be remembered. Now as angel may your spirit watch over us for eternity. Determination and unwavering comprehension from a young man donning a badge of bravery and a uniform of comprehension. My neighbor, friend and hero may you rest in peace. Just so sad and tragic! Badge#1664 was full of reverence, vigilance and diligence.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 21, 2025

When the honest, dignified heroes of integrity, character and commitment sacrifice their lives, hearts and souls we must salute and humbly remember the blessed lives they led and careers they chose of freewill. Your goodwill and fortitude, Officer Cook, rescued Dade County from much worse evil that sad and tragic day your family and department lost a wonderfully truthful and faithful gentleman of trust and virtue. Your earthly journeys were abundantly watched over by God as He now looks after you and your spirit of wisdom and vision. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend, angel and hero. When the treasured and loyal souls of esteem depart from all too soon we must solemnly uphold their legacies and never forget the badges of bravery and uniforms of comprehension they donned with a smile and dedication.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 21, 2025

A dedicated man of gallantry and heart strong in humility and blessed with a most heroic soul. You were so essential, Officer Cook, to the stability and liberty of all Dade County residents. Just girded with honor, dignity and integrity all truly trusted as you preserved and protected the perseverance and meaning of our lives and your life and career my neighbor, friend and hero stand as a benchmark to be part of your legacy of faith, devotion and the goodwill of mankind always loyally at your side. Rest in peace. Character, commitment to justice and effort went into your outstanding convictions.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 20, 2025

The scope of a hero's work lies in their honesty, dignity and integrity because any lack of true and trustworthy character, commitment and conviction can spell trouble. No angel of bravery wants danger yet peril is that tiger waiting to claw at us. Dade County was where your unwavering, unselfish and unrelenting diligence brought peace, liberty and security as important elements of our earthly pursuits. Officer Cook, your badge, uniform and humility were surely blessed and yet they remain sorely missed by your family who raises your legacy every second in their life pursuits. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Ingenuity, intelligence and intuition catapulted your professional life and career efforts.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 19, 2025

Simplicity sometimes turns into complicity meaning nothing in this world ever seems easy and to reach your aspirations and goals as you so faithfully did, Officer Cook, meant you had to do everything right and with integrity, dignity and humble and blessed honor were you able to protect Dade County with your unselfish might, heart, character and truth. The trust never wavered ever and now as angel my you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 19, 2025

For never having the humble pleasure of meeting you, Officer Cook, you had to be the nicest and most honestly blessed gentleman and for this heroically Dade County and its citizens were mighty fortunate you protected us and our freedoms. with such unselfish grace, gallantry and virtue did you transport your character and its commitments to dignity, integrity and their truth and trust as an angel. Your family carries your legacy forward so humbly and say constructively. You are going to be saluted and solemnly remembered as a cherished and loyally dedicated warrior. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Conviction and intuition start the balls of diligence and vigilance moving onward.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 18, 2025

Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero Officer Cook. Dade County was promised freedom and peace and you answered all calls of duty especially on May 16, 1979. Such treachery! So tragic yet your commitment, convictions and outstanding professional character shall be saluted and never forgotten. For you were a gentleman of dignity, humility and heart with a soul of integrity and unwavering honesty always so loyal and unrelenting. God continues blessing you and your loved ones upholding your heroic legacy.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 17, 2025

To the Tidwell's and Wilkerson families smile and be humbly proud of your heroically blessed family member, for "Uncle Bo", Officer Cook, was just such a man of high caliber class, distinction and the reverent decency to handle any problem that Dade County faced. Integrity, dignity and honesty had their boxes of bravery triple checked across the boards of virtue, trustworthiness and truth. Now your angelic heart, soul and spirit hover above watching over everyone as you so performed with esteem, loyalty and are cherished and saluted for your missions on this earth. Always humbly unselfish, unwavering, mindfully diligent and vigilant. Your compassion for mankind went over and above any dangers you faced while restoring our serenity and safe travels. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 16, 2025

Your beautiful spirit, Officer Cook, is what I meant to say and that Our Master eternally watches over and protects you and your adoring family as you served with solemn and sacred truth and trust that kept Dade County and its folks from harm. Badge#1664 was the crown of courage, concern, care and compassionate consideration given to our world and you left us with your vitally loyal integrity, dignity and honesty intact. How else can one perform a job, a profession where at anytime peril can strike like a viper. You did all you could on May 16,1979, character, dedicated and staunch commitment to excellence and to achieve in all your earthly journeys that were humbly blessed with esteem, goodwill, faithful hope. Your department will forever salute you and your legacy passed down to other officers now charged with a large onus. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend, angel and hero. Clarity and sincerity were virtue, wisdom and vision all toiling and patrolling for peace, stability and purpose.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 15, 2025

A strong heart and soul along with an ironclad constitution usually provide enough motive in fighting crime and its associated violence, evil and heinous wickedness. Well, Officer Cook, you surely and certainly did your important part in preserving and protecting the community of Dade County where you lived and thrived together with your beloved wife, Karen. To think if you were here today you would be celebrating fifty years of wedded bliss and probably be enjoying your desired retirement. Honor. Dignity. Integrity. Character and unsung and unselfish commitments and convictions all took shape and held their grounds while you were performing your daily responsibilities on behalf of mankind which is indebted and grateful to you. Truth and trust that went down the very same tracks and roads of sacred resolve, resiliency and resourcefulness all faithfully, fairly and firmly distributed by a cherished angel of God and a man of ingenuity, intelligence and virtue. You won't be forgotten and will be saluted for everything found in your precious and beautiful that Our Master is eternally watching over as your family carries your heroic legacy onward. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. A gentleman dedicated to his profession as a top flight public servant with maturity and accentuation in all that you were taught.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 15, 2025

A hero's handsome face of ferocity and truth. That sweet smile, Officer Cook, has been sorely missed all these decades after you fought for our peace here in Dade County making the ultimate sacrifice. The sincerity of integrity, dignity and honesty was all from your unassuming and unselfish heart and soul as God looks after your angelic spirit of commitment, conviction and trustworthy character. Badge#1664 was your respect, reverence and personal gratitude for a job done in an outstanding manner. Such humility all blessed by Our Creator has been carried as your legacy by your beloved family members in their everyday lives. "Uncle Bo" is never out of sight and your dreams, aspirations and successes are now humane inspirations all handled by a true first class gentleman of devout faith, resolution and virtue. Sacred missions of goodwill, hope and responsibility all versatile and dedicated to humanity's causes and purposes. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 14, 2025

A man like you, Officer Cook, filled the world with kindness, congeniality and a very sincere and unselfishly heroic heart and soul that served Dade County with humility, blessing and unending strength of character, conviction and commitment all truthfully trustworthy. We salute you, your family and comrades who went to war in the streets with you. such a loyal, esteemed and treasured young man so terribly missed. Virtue, vision, visibility and versatility were all vitally faithful and devoted to one another. Your dedication, dogged determination and grit were genuine and compassionate. The evil man who took your life got his punishment delivered by Detective Donald Blocker and your sweet, precious and angelic spirit flies higher each second in heaven where you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. You can devise and plan yet no matter where we travel violence tragically lurks, You'll never be forgotten! Diligent and always mindful, vigilant and resilient.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 14, 2025

For some police work is their dream job even with danger lurking all around. You pursued your passion, Officer Cook, forever a Dade County hero who gave the ultimate sacrifice for our peace, stability and liberties. They were from your unwavering heart and soul all loyal, unselfish and esteemed as you have been sincerely missed by your family, colleagues and friends. The integrity, dignity, commitment and character poured into your efforts was priceless yet essential for serenity to occur. Your family carries the true love and trust you gained from being respected, noble and a man of virtue, faithfulness and wisdom all humanely humble and blessed as an angel who is eternally saluted. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Badge#1664 always contained success, aspirations and inspirations from a true leader of other fellow officers.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 13, 2025

The way to shape our society is to live as peacefully, humbly and as honestly as possible. Because dignified character and integrity belong to those who utilize its traits properly. You certainly did, Officer Cook, instrumentally and unselfishly protecting your esteemed community of Dade County for six all too short years of service with a blessed smile, heart and soul of fruition, virtue and sacred vision, the wisdom far ahead of the scales of onus and versatility all truly trusted. Now we salute you as a heroic angel of tireless pursuits of freedom and justice for all humanity and you my neighbor, friend and hero are sorely missed by everyone. Rest in peace.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 12, 2025

You foiled evil and violence, Officer Cook, because honest heroes of dignity, integrity and thoughtful character understand just one way to operate. Dade County was kept relatively safe and secure by your tenacity and truthful trustworthiness. A man to be saluted for unselfish and unwavering vision, valor, wisdom and sacred journeys of dedication, faith and resourcefulness put forward for mankind to live and to prosper. Now and forever an angel whose legacy grows blessed and humble each day. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. You demonstrated strength, commitment and diligent convictions.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 11, 2025

A noble warrior of virtue, heart and character the symbols of a heroic soul, integrity and dignity spread through your honor, Officer Cook, this is your legacy of angelic truth and trust to be saluted as an angel and may you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 10, 2025

The tablets of tenacity, truth and trust were well inscribed by you, Officer Cook, a heroically honorable and decent gentleman whose dignity, integrity and character will forever be remembered and saluted for sacred and valid virtue, vision and humbly blessed versatility. A loyal, cherished and esteemed public servant who sacrificed for our peace, freedoms and security. Now and for eternity an angel whose legacy of faith, goodwill, effort and resiliency shall shine brightly in heaven. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Commitment and convictions of determination, desire and dedication only from a class young man. Violence tragically took your life and career before it was completed just a crying shame I never had the humble pleasure to meet you.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 9, 2025

We tremble with fear and anxiety when evil comes and yet when violence penetrates us our beloved and heroic public servants must spring into action to serve, save and gallantly protect our very safety, serenity and security as you so faithfully did, Officer Cook, on behalf of Dade County residents. Firm but fair, dignified, honest and full of unselfish and surely unwavering integrity. You, Officer Cook, were the answer on May 16,1979 to the problem confronting your community and by aiding and saving your comrades of more harm may Our Maker bless your loyal, trustworthy and truest of character, virtue and commitment to succeed. It's ingenuity and conviction all going with you along your life journeys of sanctity, nobility, responsibility and diligence. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend, angel and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 8, 2025

A wonderful young man with a humble heroic and gentle heart and soul that just began touching the homes of Dade County where you lived and patrolled, Officer Cook. Such an unselfish and unwavering spirit that served and went out in peril to face violence, evil and wickedness. Serenity, safety and security all passed through your caring, concern and compassion and such a blessed gift never to be taken lightly as your sacred duties were all treated with the due diligence, proper reverence and virtue only found in badge#1664 so dearly missed by your family and truly trusted colleagues of the past and present who have taken the baton and yoke of responsibility seriously as was commitment, character and integrity from a loyal and dignified man of honor who continues to be saluted for wisdom and vision all a balance of your maturity so as your family and department's angel may God look after you as you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 7, 2025

A hornet's nest of serious trouble that awful day when you gave your life and career, Officer Cook, in order for peace, liberty and the happy pursuits of prosperity to follow. You exerted yourself in an honorable manner and was quite a man of dignity, character and integrity that blessed Dade County and your esteemed family. Such loyalty, unselfish dedication is to be commended and solemnly saluted for now and eternity you'll remain a guardian angel of virtue, sacred journeys and the humility and heart of gold, caring, charming and unwavering in all your efforts put forth. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Your legacy stands for truth, trustworthiness and justice poured forth in earnest as a gentleman with commitment, conviction and a yearning to conduct yourself as a public service professional must always do.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 6, 2025

The scenarios change and change at times is normal, yet somehow, Officer Cook, it is very sad you could not live to witness these changes in Dade County where you served and protected as a vital cog of courage, consideration and character and your honored commitments were all dignified as you were a man of integrity and heart. The soul of a loyal public servant of sanctity and virtue now an angel who gave his all in an unselfish yet unwavering and unrelenting manner. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Truth and trustworthiness were attached to your uniform of pride, faithfulness and compassion.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 5, 2025

The fruits of a person's labor live within their families. Your excellent and most heroically honorable work on behalf of Dade County, Officer Cook, live forever in your loved ones' hearts and minds. You'll always be saluted humbly and in dignity for giving your life and career of integrity, character and commitment to make mankind safer once more. Truth and trust are an important part of effort and tenacity and you my neighbor, angel, friend and hero will be remembered for virtue, wisdom and vision way ahead of the others. Violence robbed a wonderful man of unselfish devotion, determination, grit and dedication. Respect and unwavering sanctity directed your pursuits, aspirations and dreams.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

January 4, 2025

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