Metro-Dade Police Department, Florida
End of Watch Wednesday, May 16, 1979
Reflections for Police Officer William Coleman Cook
A polite gentleman with everything proper in conduct, values and ethical professionalism. You took your dreams and aspirations to a newer level, Officer Cook, heroically enhancing and enriching Dade County with insightful heart and character, conviction and all the humbly blessed loyalty, esteem and for being cherished may your soul and angelic spirit rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. To engage mankind and to make humanity greater once more. True value, trust and the morals that served with unselfish diligence and unwavering vigilance that certainly looked after us.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
May 10, 2025
Liberty is when one is free to pursue whatever one wants to. But your career and heroic life, Officer Cook were loyally sacrificed for Dade County's peace and stability. Integrity that accentuated dignity, honor and character uplifting all that you accomplished. Your family carries the yolk of your legacy forward with their lives. No one has forgotten you and the pursuits that you aspired to become. Now and forever an angel. May you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Commitment and conviction all truly trustworthy and saluted for vision, viability and virtue.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
May 10, 2025
Five more days, Officer Cook, still very sad it will be forty-six years since your gave your young life in Gladeview in Liberty City for Dade County's peace and freedoms. The honesty, dignity and integrity were all sound and functioning as a professional must when faced with adversity and peril. Just unselfish truth and trust doing what they do best and was to serve and to protect us from evil. You'll be saluted for virtue and remembered solemnly for conviction, commitment and for having the effort in your onuses where a strong and unwavering constitution shall act with esteem and loyalty to be passed down to others as your legacy serves as an inspiration. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend, angel and hero. Diligent, reverent and highly vigilant.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
May 10, 2025
Resourceful and resilient, your heroically unselfish heart and soul, Officer Cook, served Dade County with integrity, dignity, character and honest virtue giving us peace and stability to be saluted forevermore as your family's angel. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
May 9, 2025
Effort and dedication cannot be inept for if they were heaven forbid it would permit danger, peril and grief to spread like a wildfire in any community and true to your sacred affirmation, Officer Cook, you heroically saw to it that Dade County would be kept safe, serene and secure. Located in badge#1664 was reverence, unselfish perseverance, truth and genuine respect as every comrade afforded a most blessed, loyal and esteemed gentleman of character, dignity and integrity. Scruples, morals and values lay those traits out before you go on patrol. You surely deserved to live many decades after your retirement and God had other plans for a cherished hero to be saluted and not forgotten for virtue, responsibility, vision and wisdom all must share in their assignments if you are to return home safe and sound. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend, hero and angel. Humility is what you represented in life and now in eternity Our Lord can shelter your soul and spirit without harm coming your direction. Forever missed by all and your adoring family members.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
May 8, 2025
Chronicled and remembered solemnly, humbly and heroically, your life and career all cut short because of wanton and evil, Officer Cook, shall be saluted for you were the guiding light of your beloved family and department colleagues. A gentleman of first class desire, dignity and totally unwavering and unselfish dedication to see things completed and done correctly the first time because violence does not always give one a second chance. For journeys and missions of goodwill, effort and resourcefulness in and around the corridors of Dade County were made to upgrade our peace, stability and purposes of which we live. You freely chose a profession where danger and peril do lurk yet if one can navigate at least twenty years a retirement of blessing and hopefully health and long life awaits those who put everything on the line as you always so loyally did and they were done in an outstanding fashion according to high standards of conduct, values, scruples and principles. Having made the ultimate sacrifice, Officer Cook, the citizens, your adored family recognize you for enhancing, enriching and enlightening with truth, trust and honesty supporting the tenets of integrity, character and commitment of an angel and believe me badge#1664 was respect, caring and compassion all located in one basket of boldness, ingenuity and wisdom for a man of God whose virtue went with you on each and every patrol. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Never forgotten by anyone and forevermore treasured as only a real brave individual. Class, decency and desire were branches of your trees of tenacity and ferocity.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
May 7, 2025
A love and zest for life, a professional career of heroic public service and a yearning to grow through all your experiences, Officer Cook. No doubt you'll forever be honored and saluted for being a Dade County hero of action, acumen and awareness while remaining dignified, loyal and esteemed as this is what a blessed heart and soul will create within a proud man of honesty, vigilance and diligence. You made a difference in how you conducted your life and patrols in and around your beloved community. It was where tenacity, trust and truth circled around the bandwagons of effort, faithfulness and dedication going forward during your sacred earthly pursuits and passions while staying focused and sharp throughout even the most violent of times while protecting the public as your family and department's angel of virtue, versatility and wisdom from being well trained to handle any situation placed before you. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Accentuating intelligence, intuition and ingenuity will never let one stray from responsibility.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
May 7, 2025
Devotion, dedication and determination are the key ingredients in solving crime. Evil and violence were dealt with by you, Officer Cook and your loyal and esteemed comrades here in Dade County. Integrity, dignity and outstanding character fortified your humble and blessed life and public service career where truth and trust must be present in all your earthly efforts. Never forgotten and always saluted for valor, versatility and virtue as your family's heroic angel with a legacy of peace and purpose carried forth. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
May 6, 2025
A pot of trouble leaves a community in desperate shape. The dangers and perils of wanton violence can leave mankind flatfooted at times with no solutions to the problems that lied ahead. You solved, resolved and made the ultimate sacrifice, Officer Cook, always highly regarded as a Dade County hero of heart, soul and humility. Your loss left your family bereft of seeing you continue to live and to thrive. It's dignity, integrity and outstanding character, conviction and truth that went together on your sacred and solemn patrols searching for a fabric of goodwill, resiliency and peace. Trustworthiness in everything you accomplished and all the effort of loyalty that remains cherished and never overlooked. Rest in peace my neighbor, angel, friend and hero. Scruples, morals, values and the ideals of a proven warrior and skillful public servant. Your legacy continues its climb every moment and keeps lighting up the night skies.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
May 5, 2025
A uniquely humble and heroically blessed gentleman of gallantry, virtue, character and honesty who served his Dade County community with every fiber of his unselfish and unwavering heart, soul and spirit. You can be sure, Officer Cook, that your name and legacy of both integrity and dignity stands tall and proud. The evil and violence that still permeates in society must once and for all be obliterated and your sacred endeavors, Officer Cook, served as a guiding light of hope, faithfulness and goodwill. An angel who will not be forgotten by your family, friends and colleagues who salute your bravery and versatility. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
May 5, 2025
A day of reckoning will arrive and with it comes many moments in the lives of both heroes and heroines who fought those heated wars and battles over adversity and evil. You gave the honorable sacrifice, Officer Cook, which has assisted Dade County and society greatly. As you were a man of humbly blessed stature who stood proud to become a legend of a gentleman. Dignity, integrity and cherished character all working within the borders of your sacred and solemn commitments and convictions to ward off violence. Our blessed peace, quietness and stability within our castles came about because of your due vigilance, loyal diligence and unwavering and unselfish heart, soul and spirit which patrols the gates of heaven where you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. An angel with perfectly fitted angels' wings.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
May 4, 2025
The gift of life is to be appreciated and never to be taken for granted. Police service is solemnly given back to humanity where you worked and protected Dade County, Officer Cook. A hero forever who was and is esteemed, loyal and most compassionate about the endeavors you put forth everyday. Never forgotten and always well maintained in integrity, dignity and character so well composed. So trusted and truthfully dedicated and devoted to the causes of giving back serenity, safety and security to your community where your name and legend will continue being saluted for everything in the words of vision, versatility and angelic virtue. The wings you were given forty-six years ago have kept your diligent and unselfish heart, soul and spirit soaring each second. A precious man and a special life constantly paid homage for your sacrifice. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
May 3, 2025
For a heroically humble and blessed man of character and dedication, Officer Cook, you displayed the tools of honor, integrity and dignity which only uplifted Dade County in accentuated peace, stability and the means of serenity to keep going onward with our lives. Your life and career though cut way too soon by violence have been duly and solemnly remembered and saluted for virtue, versatility and wisdom beyond your years of unselfish truth, faithfulness and trustworthiness. Every ounce of effort was channeled into making mankind the way it should be and your legacy of excellence, commitment and conviction remain loyal and treasured as you rest in peace my neighbor, angel, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
May 3, 2025
An angel of heroic heart and unselfish care and compassion that served Dade County as you, Officer Cook, provided stability and freedom for all mankind. Your character, charm and commitment all loyal and truly trustworthy just as your honesty, integrity and dignity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. We salute your life and career of sacred nobility, versatility and responsibility.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
May 2, 2025
A real hero of heart, soul, politeness and character, Officer Cook, always loyally patrolling for liberty here in Dade County and its was where you started out as a public service officer. The academy challenges even the most sophisticated and articulate of men and women who strive to reach newer heights within mankind's boundaries. Faith and devotion cannot ever be sheered from integrity, decency and dignity all of which fortified your truthfully trustworthy journeys throughout your beloved community that still remembers and salutes a fine young man raised with commitment and an unwavering and unyielding heart and soul of unselfish diligence. These are a vibrant portion of your name and legacy stored and sealed within your department. Go down one day to the Main Headquarters and you find forty-three other brave and honorable heroes and heroines who made the ultimate sacrifice for peace, safety and stability that your family, Officer Cook, carries with them in their daily lives and safeguards your wisdom, vision and vehicles of virtue, visibility and courage. Forever an angel blessed by Our Lord who shelters your spirit as you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero of inspiration, determination and steadfast dedication.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
May 1, 2025
Poised and prepared, all public servants must share in these dangerous responsibilities of fighting evil and violence which seems never ending. Here in Dade County you fought for the folks and defended their rights and freedoms to live normally, Officer Cook and because of having honesty, dignity and everything found in a hero's unselfish and unwavering heart and soul may you be remembered and solemnly saluted for virtue and character. It's men like yourself who faced commitment and conviction with true trust and allegiance never waving a white flag as you battled until the end with guidance from God, paths and trails paved with humility all blessed and nurtured by your daily earthly missions of sacrifice, faithfulness and goodwill all loyal, esteemed and angelically cherished forever. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
May 1, 2025
A gentleman recognized for having honesty, bravery and the definitions of dignity, integrity and valiant character who preserved the quality of life here in Dade County. Your humble heart and heroic soul, Officer Cook, provided all that was known regarding a superior public servant with talent and tenacity all leading true trustworthiness down the righteous paths and trails of fortitude, virtue and esteem. Loyalty and humbleness characterized your life and all too short of a career in which you should have lived a healthy retirement with Karen. May you rest in peace my neighbor, angel, friend and hero. Morals, scruples and principles are your legacy of which your adored family carries your blessed name and spirit forward. A sound mind and unselfish soul did their outstanding jobs daily during your sacred pilgrimages around your community.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 30, 2025
The cycle of commitment, conviction and character can never grow old and stale. For each day it must be refined, refreshing and most notably resilient. Yours was, Officer Cook, just as your honesty, integrity and dignity which served and protected the residents of Dade County without any shadow of hesitation or doubt. You delivered peace and stability upon your esteemed, loyal and solemn words of affirmation and appreciation. We salute you for having true allegience, diligence and vigilance. Virtue that was humble and blessed. Vision so clear and wisdom valued and cherished beyond your young life. The angel wings you were given fit perfectly as you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. A true leader whose trails and paths of proficiency and perseverance were always unwavering and unselfish. A humble heart and soul of nobility and sacred versatility always doing what was proper to handle or diffuse any given situation.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 29, 2025
Embellish upon the positive. For dwelling on the negative can only lower the esteem of mankind. You dealt with virtually every situation and crisis during your career and solemn life of piety and reverence, Officer Cook. That is why heroes are precisely who they are, angels who will forevermore be remembered, honored and saluted for gallantry, virtue, wisdom and vision. You secured the boundaries of Dade County with every unselfish ounce of your heart, soul and dignified integrity and unassuming character all advanced because of your maturity beyond your twenty-five years. Though you were taken too young, your family and friends, colleagues from the past never will forget the smile and handsome face of intelligence, ingenuity, truth and faithful trustworthiness. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 28, 2025
A community is supposed to care about its own. Dade County as diverse an area as there is does support its own and those brave women and men who protect and serve mankind, society and humanity with compassion, concern and careful orchestration of everything in their arsenals of honesty, dignity and integrity. You championed the causes, Officer Cook, as an unselfish and fiercely unwavering servant must. With character, commitment and sincere conviction it uplifted your virtue, vision and wisdom all beyond your young life. You remain cherished and forever a man of loyal support and uplifting those in need of comfort. May your angel wings keep you soaring higher as you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Truly a gentleman who provided trustworthiness in all your diligent paths and trails where justice was served.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 27, 2025
Forty-five years ago my dad who was a New York City police officer passed. Just wished our families had met. Officer Cook, your life and police career was sadly cut way too short. But, Dade County was the community where you protected us and gave us peace, stability and safety for our travels to continue. A gentleman of honor, humility and the dignity that character and integrity bring. The essence of esteem, the learning of loyalty and the courage of a man of commitment and conviction, may the angel wings carry you higher and higher as you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 26, 2025
Things just rotate and revolve. The life of a duly heroic young man who served Dade County with pride, heart and a humbly blessed soul and whose virtue, character, wisdom and dignified integrity will forevermore be honored and saluted. Your genes, Officer Cook, were surely esteemed and loyal and society won't forget you as you walk your eternal beat above. Perseverance and unselfishness all stemmed the tide of terror and violence and believe me on May 16, 1979 that date will forever rest in your family aspirations and life purposes as they take hold of your legacy going forward. May you rest in peace my neighbor, friend, angel and hero. Truth and trust along with morals, values and scruples highlighted your life and professional public service career of justice and vision.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 26, 2025
A man of heroic angel of honesty, humility, heart and soul all unselfish in serving the people of Dade County and you, Officer Cook, were dignified and a man of integrity, character and true and trusted commitment to excellence. May Our Lord bless you as you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Peace and serenity are many things you certainly can be remembered for. Saluted and paid respects for virtue and sacred missions put forth always cherished.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 25, 2025
What swirls around society is a violent whirlpool of wicked and wanton evil. Wickedness that good citizens such as yourself, Officer Cook, had to devoutly occupy your watches with. In other words, Dade County had your undivided attention to all details of a job that rewards those who are honest, loyal and dignified with integrity. You can be anything and everything but one thing you sure as today is April 24, 2025 better be a man or woman of your solemn and most sacred affirmation living your life and public service career as more than being noble, capable and duly concerned because humanity rests its tiredness upon your broadest of shoulders and you, Officer Cook, will forever be remembered as a hero who enriched, enhanced and uplifted society beyond its wildest of expectations. A man of resiliency and faithfulness who spoke the truth and was trustworthy within every facet of your life of twenty-five all too short years. May Our Creator watch over your heart, soul and spirit as you angelically rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. It is with commitment, fortitude and ingenuity that the arduous tasks and assignments can be properly carried out as your family carries the torch of your legacy and name forward in their life ambitions, aspirations and the clarity that is clearly refined. Our safety, peace and humane serenity were brokered by your patrols over a community where you're treasured, beloved and esteemed. You made the ultimate sacrifice for mankind to prosper and grow sad you were robbed of living the golden years of retirement with your beloved wife, Karen who you would have been married to for fifty years of health. bliss and fruitful happiness.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 24, 2025
A wise man or woman knows when to speak and when to act properly as you always conducted your professional affairs, Officer Cook, with clarity, insightfulness and a sensitivity that Dade County folks have never forgotten. Wisdom, knowledge and a passion to pursue crime and violence while maintaining law and order on the streets and that was with character, commitment and conviction only truthful and trusted. Dignity and integrity that dedicated itself to conducting its business within the law its eyes always upon those who were cherished, esteemed and loyal to the performances of duty and responsibility. Your unselfish and unrelenting sacred versatility, capability will always be saluted for virtue, vision and your heart of sanctity, humility and the efficiency you gave every watch and those who have taken your watch remain vigilant to the calls of onus. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero, your beloved family's angel and the nicest of people who donned a uniform of understanding to conquer what continues ailing our world. Keep looking down from above as your walk your perfect beat. You will forever be missed that's for sure. Trails and paths blazed for others to follow with erudition and the same zeal that was tenacity multiplied.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
April 24, 2025

