Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

One last brick of boldness and bravery were added to your heroic legacy, Officer Cook, that shines brilliantly in the skies above. Yes, honesty, integrity and dignity can in no way, shape or fashion be completely out of kilter or sync when violence and evil came howling by our front steps. You delivered on your sacred affirmation to heal and to reattach the pieces torn apart by this sheer caliber of callousness and Dade County will always remember with fondness and fairness virtue and character coming as one in truth and in trust. A man of heart and soul whose spirit of adventure flies higher every moment. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 1, 2022

You utilize your eyes to see and your ears to hear. There was no impairment whatsoever with your honor, dignity and integrity, Officer Cook, as they set in motion the wheels of yearning and a thirst to learn more. Sad that your whole life and public service career of proper conduct, character, heart and soul ended. While you were guarding, protecting and providing the means of humbleness, blessing, virtue and loyalty this young man was plotting and planning an outrageous action of heinousness against you, your fellow officers and Dade County residents all in stability, responsibility and versatility's name and your heroism is forever being angelically rewarded for its gallantry and gumption. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 1, 2022

One sentence at a time. One word for the moment. One line of learning left on the field. The fires of fierce terror are still raging on today as we fast forward our very lives. Seconds are too precious to lose and nothing can be spared in these fighting endeavors. You gave everything for Dade County to be free of pain and problems, Officer Cook. Twenty-five years old and you gave your life while giving us hope. Honor and integrity were just some of the most profound impressions you left behind for your family to carry forward along with your dignity and fortitude. The capacity to think and to inspire sometimes in a scarce few seconds. Life passes before a blink of the eyes. But, your virtue, versatility and sanctity promoted newer leases on life so valuable. The lessons of having mettle and morals tied to reverence and excellent character. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 28, 2022

You can yearn for the days of old, it's the young and old together who count on the most reliable of public servants to enrich, uplift and to vitally enhance society. Mankind cannot continue at this pace of prolific evil it will choke the living life out of civilization. Dade County was represented by your resources of resolve, resiliency and relevance, Officer Cook. Always admired and always a treasured hero forever among us even as you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero in God's fruited plains. The gifts of excellence, your humane and superlative dignity and inspiring integrity are the routes for all who serve us to take. The roads, corners and streets are marked with obstacles yet somehow with your soul, heart and spirit watching over us and your family we can achieve and overcome. Such defined character, superb commitment and advanced convictions all greatly aided your patrols for serenity and security.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 28, 2022

Our Lord shall truly bless us but only if we offer our sincerest prayers on behalf of the many who paid the ultimate sacrifice to create a more stable and enhanced culture here in Dade County. Badge#1664, yours, Officer Cook, helped to make that difference and the impressions of decency, desire and dedication are truly forever. You see a gentleman with honesty on his lips, integrity and dignity upstanding as you were always composed and comported yourself in a most admirable manner. Nothing will be forgotten as mankind longed for a public servant worth his salt who pulled his weight and was able to direct fellow officers through danger and peril. It's about you drive to become an excellent human being, a humble and devout man who prayed with character, truth and trust coursing through his veins. Vigilance and vitality were your roles of doing your due diligence to preserve the integrity and quality of lift here in your special community where homage continues to be paid to your memory. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 28, 2022

You interceded in our lives, Officer Cook, to heroically make a profound difference in the way Dade County could live and thrive. The beating of your dignified heart, the humble anticipation of your earthly soul all made that unselfish and distinct impression upon society never to be overlooked. You could bank on your thoughtful intuition, enhanced ingenuity and uplifting intelligence as you drove around and walked the pavements looking and searching for any essential symbol of peace and reason. Suffice it to say you built bridges, cornerstones and foundations to a future of promise and prosperity that you should have been allowed to live and thrive along with your beloved Karen. God obviously had other humane master plans for his angel of sacred missions stoked by hope, trust and truth, faith and goodwill carrying you and your enriching legacy step for step. True allegiance and trustworthy character produced a life and career well spent, well planned and well trained. Besides your loving family we are all bereft of your smile and presence, the personification of proficiency and versatility, virtue, vision and wisdom all exercising their loyalties and duties to promote an everlasting bond of harmony for all. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 28, 2022

Your spirit rests in peace forevermore in heaven, Officer Cook, first represents a heroic life taken by violence all too soon and of course honesty first class, dignity top notch and integrity wise and virtuous beyond your chronological years. A life and career protecting the residents of Dade County just snuffed out by an evil man with venom in his heart and veins. How can we say he had a soul? You did, Officer Cook as you were consummate in your efforts to eradicate crime delivering peace, liberty and unity for humanity always remembered solemnly and saluted humbly. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero and know you are forever linked to the past, present and future, those men and women whose heart and soul remain vitally important in out hunts for stability and happiness to be cherished.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 28, 2022

A life truly lived and a career born of honesty, integrity and the humility of dignity. They all went into your earthly journeys, Officer Cook, to make Dade County more upstanding and surely more tranquil. Violence just seems to be a major conduit of society and if our best and most fiercest of public servants cannot plunge their hearts and souls into eliminating this terrible element, then humanity will certainly falter. That did not happen when you served and protected mankind, Officer Cook, because of your valiant character, trusted and truly wise commitments to pride and excellence and the intuitions of ingenuity spreading their wings forth. Always cherished and saluted. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 28, 2022

The decks of dignity, devotion, desire, decency and dedication were full of earnest and youthful determination and virtue. The history of your heroism and humble esteem, Officer Cook, was felt and still all these decades later will forever the pavements you pounded in pursuit of a measure, semblance and a healthy balance of stability, unity and cognitive serenity all cherished and all beloved. Integrity was not just ingenuity, intelligence and intuition, they were a living part of your life, career and the valued ethics and behavior you delivered to the tables of truth, trust and justice. You will be saluted fondly, solemnly and humanely for summoning courage, blessings and for bestowing an awareness that was your wise heart and nobly humble soul of loyalty. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Wickedness has never tarnished your treasured name of admiration, respect and an unselfish, tireless and tenacious spirit that now looks down on your beloved family, professional colleagues and a whole plethora of friends you acquired by being stellar, stoic and sterling in your earthly missions and journeys of faith, hope and goodwill on behalf of mankind.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 27, 2022

Calmness is not always so readable but what is available for all loyal and esteemed public servants such as yourself, Officer Cook, was your honor, integrity and genuine dignity distributed throughout your community one that still and forever salutes your spirit, soul and enriching heart of gold. Never far from your loved ones as they carry forward your legacy of virtue and pride, morals so beloved and quite revered. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. A gallant young man taken by evil way too soon yet heaven has a most special angel walking his pristine beat without any harm following your eternal days.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 27, 2022

A rainbow is made of many colors. Notably honesty, diligence, peace and consistency in all your efforts, Officer Cook, followed you down your trails of civilization where integrity and dignity must share in their goodwill, hope and resourcefulness to overcome the adversity that plagued Dade County and still bewilders our humanity. A humble and caring heart and soul of values, vision and virtue linked to your remarkable versatility helped to provide a renewed sense of pride and direction for all to follow in. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 27, 2022

You must sustain and maintain your hope, devotion and goodwill for if there is one slip then one serious period of danger may overtake the shared peace and stability of any given community. Dade County was where you persevered, Officer Cook, panic never crossed the crevices of your brain as you tried to stay calm and to restore the order and appeals for happiness for your area. A man of integrity, vigilance and character so becoming and so humbly dignified you'll forevermore be cherished and heroically admired. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 27, 2022

The foes of felons, your ferocity and fairness to every individual you served and protected, Officer Cook, will not be forgotten, Dade County has seen its heroes and heroines displaying the fortitude, integrity and honorable dignity spread far and wide throughout the streets where violence and terror must be permanently stopped for good. Character, trust and truth so clear and precise, the passion, heart and soul unrelenting and most virtuous. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 27, 2022

Thank God your killer, Officer Cook, was permanently taken out of circulation by Detective Don Blocker, Officer Cook, after what he did to you and nearly taken your colleagues by his callous and hideous actions that fatefully somber afternoon. Dade County had seen its share of tensions, terror and tumult, your crusades of courage, instinct and ingenuity were the earmarks of honor, integrity and dignity facing wickedness right squarely in the face. Character sincere, succinct and quite reverent, your trustworthiness and truth stands forever as the God given humility placed within your heart and soul, your spirit can soar higher now as your family and department's angel of acumen, awareness and astuteness. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 26, 2022

Every pillar and post you tied down, Officer Cook, was done so with the greatest esteem, loyalty and the humility for which you served Dade County. Its people have never forgotten your greatness, humbleness nor the honesty for which you fought for us. Dignity and integrity were you reservoirs of resolve, resilience and resourcefulness by which your character and trust permeated around its streets and corners. A loving servant who seized upon golden opportunities to make his neighborhood fulfilled in happiness, tranquility and stability. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 26, 2022

Violence is not a one step act. It's no act and trying to halt its advances leaves people and their communities all perplexed and confused. It confronts even the most humane and humbly trained women and men who must summon the valor to begin to battle. Thankfully, Officer Cook, your heroism and decency was more than a speech, it was the creation of candor and honor working well with a heart and soul dug in with the meaning of morally dignified conduct with integrity going down the paths of effort and endurance, efficiency spread out gently to protect the folks of Dade County. Family,friends and your professional comrades have all remembered you for gallantry, boldness and the search for happiness. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 26, 2022

Fate and destiny are linked to your earthly journeys where honor, dignity and integrity, Officer Cook, were incorporated into your everyday patrols over the communities here in Dade County. Now and forevermore your good name blessed and rewarded is perpetuated by your family carrying the baton of your heroic legacy onward and upward. You would not want them to stop living because of what you represented and how you and your big sister, Nancy were raised. Two loving, devoted and doting parents may they rest in peace giving you both all the tools by which you succeeded. Accomplishment is not just trust, acumen and truth neither is it trial by error.You gained the respect from those who worked with you saw genuine humbleness and a desire to lead others through the tunnels of tenacity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 26, 2022

A life and career all lived well and very indicative of the ultimate sacrifice you paid, Officer Cook, for the residents of Dade County to remain prosperous and secure. A sure thing was your loyalty and smile yet all seriousness when peril came howling by. You kept your comportment and composure because of your honorable heart and soul of dignity, integrity and intelligence all facing the likes of adversarial chaos. Your light from your spirit does keep heaven aglow as Our Creator has you nestled in His palms for eternal safekeeping. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 26, 2022

This earth was so enriched by your amazing feats of humility, heart and a soul of devotion and honor. They tried to level the playing field of how Dade County could go forth with its esteemed missions of hope, faith and a renewed sense of goodwill. Integrity and intuition, dignity and dedication, character and charm only make up just a glimpse of your outstanding career taken so horribly with more left to fulfill. God's angels are heroes so solid they stand for the very purposes and causes of truth and trust. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 26, 2022

The stench of evil must be completely wiped off the streets and those you looked after many decades ago, Officer Cook, are quite different because of change. Your courage, heart and compassion allowed peace and stability to permeate throughout Dade County where its citizens are most grateful. After all dignity, integrity, honesty and genuine fortitude multiplied throughout the community. One who shares in your untimely loss, a sacrifice never forgotten and just so tragic. We salute your validation of vigilance, vision and virtue all versatile coming together when they did. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 26, 2022

Shameful, disrespectful and heinous to say the least, your heroic life and solemn career, Officer Cook, taken too soon that will never be forgotten for Dade County and its people have peace and stability all planted at their hands and feet thanks to you. Incredible passion, a heart of yearning, a soul of compassion that dignified all its trusted and truthful pursuits of perseverance and they'll certainly be forever saluted and embraced by all generations to come. Your loving family has missed you terribly and has carried forward your legacy, character, commitments to pride and excellence encircling your wisest convictions. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 26, 2022

One day we might figure out our Creator's plan though probably not. His scales are just and not only trust and truth, Officer Cook. Heroic, honored with a heart and soul built to last past the rigors that allowed you to watch over Dade County. A man filled with spring in his steps and bounce in his dignity and integrity always special and ideal for conquering crime and the like. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Heaven has the clever character always dialed up.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 25, 2022

Plug in proficiency, precision and perseverance and it sure looks like you are ready to begin. Dade County, Officer Cook, was heroically preserved by your undying mettle, unyielding principles of honesty, refined dignity and always present integrity all worn and displayed on your badge and uniform of versatility, vision and virtue. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 25, 2022

If you get stuck in a rut you had better have some fighting resolve and sincere resourcefulness do undo the problems that have caused society to go backwards. You went ahead, Officer Cook, as all heroes of honesty, integrity and dignity must do to succeed in their goals to stop adversity. Evil that hit at the heart and soul of Dade County that fateful day of May 16, 1979 and it won't be forgotten. The fogs were lifted by your enhancing mannerisms. Character, conviction and clutch commitment all brought back the tones of tranquility and peace. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 25, 2022

Public service regards mankind, society and humanity as equal partners in the peacekeeping process. You contributed your part exceedingly well, Officer Cook and in making Dade County securer may your honesty, dignity and integrity continue following your family's life passions and pursuits. Calamity means doing above the realm of what you normally do. Missions and journeys accomplished and never overlooked nor forgotten. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 25, 2022