Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Humility embraces humanity's wings of honor,dignity and integrity setting their sights upon evil's eyes of prey. Your acumen, wisdom and vision, Officer Cook, was all heroic as it defended Dade County during times of terror and strife. Your family endured grief, sorrow and anguish and they all loved you as the citizens were extremely grateful for you, your life as a public servant, so savvy and with down to earth character, reverence and the trustworthiness that supports the truth. Justice could never have had a better fighter than you my neighbor,friend and hero of heart, soul and spirit. Rest in peace.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 16, 2021

No one is perfect. Yet, all police officers must follow many standards of what is labeled as ethical conduct. Your decisions must be crisp and sometimes last second if evil is to be destroyed in order for society to live justly. Fair and balanced that was your life, Officer Cook and your career which was headed up that humbly heroic ladder of accomplishment if violence did not take such a beautiful soul away from his family, peers and the world at large. Watching over the streets is obviously no small chore and every root, branch and whatever honor, dignity, and integrity you possessed had to have been utilized to defray this unending evil. Three officers and one man causing more than a ruckus that placed Dade County under siege. You'll be revered, remembered and saluted for stoic virtue, sterling character and stellar commitments all truth and trust nothing less than a caring heart and soul. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 15, 2021

People of no ilk try to manipulate the system to get around their foul deeds. Decency and determination marked your heroically honorable life and career, Officer Cook. Such a proud gentleman, a hero of loyalty, esteem and valor packaged as one. Your persevering goodwill, faith and hope sustained your earthly journeys until one day because of one resentful and heinous man causing mayhem and worse took your life and ended a life of piety humility coupled with honesty, a high class of both dignity and integrity that helped bring in peace and stability to your area of Dade County. Such a blessed man with heart and soul who deserved to live on with your beloved Karen. Fate and destiny just does not seem equitable notadays. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Virtue and character to be forever solemnly saluted for their ethical conduct and the values your stood for.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 15, 2021

Situations all of a serious nature being handed by one resourcefully heroic public servant. Dade County was girded by your strong heart and soul of masterful integrity and dignity, Officer Cook. The heavens are where you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. But,it was your virtue, character and trustworthy commitments to pride and excellence that allowed humility to patrol the roads along with your discipline, devotion and steadfast dedication. Truth yields conviction. Tenacity demonstrates its conclusive features of acumen, wisdom and vision. Our futures are brighter yet your family still carries the suffering of your loss and the sacrifice you made to implant ingenuity, intelligence and intuition door to door.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 15, 2021

Gear up and ready. Prepared to fight and battle with all your might, your heart and soul were only of good cheer, good nature and goodwill. The relentless pursuit of peace and quiet while searching for the characters out on the streets perpetrating evil against the eyes and faces of our society. Officer Cook, you were an uplifting man who embraced your roles never letting authority get to your head. Everyone was treated equally, fairly and by your affirmations of both truth and trustworthiness. Dade County has not overlooked nor forgotten your heroism and humility. Nothing shakes the cores, foundations and very cornerstones than the loss of a wonderful young man with an authentically revealing smile. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 14, 2021

Walking those sidewalks the cracks of concrete are there and here's praying one does not trip over themselves. Wickedness and torment sometimes causes us to fall upon our hands. God brought you, Officer Cook, into this world for a passionate reason. Your intellect, ingenuity and intuitions were landmarks of our very liberty, safety and goodwill were delivered with a full heart, a valiant soul and a spirit of undying virtue. Versatility never more pointed, it never wavered nor deterred. Violence carried out by Mr.Pearsall was punished as your brother officer, Detective Donald Blocker shot him and ended that traumatic day of torment for all Dade County in particular your beloved family members. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 14, 2021

It tears you apart whenever you hear of the loss of a police officer. you were a consummate and faithful servant, Officer Cook, always performing the will of Our cherished Creator. He brought your heart,soul and spirit of adventure into this world for twenty-five short but productively humble and heroic years and your service to the people of Dade County will never be forgotten. Always indebted to your integrity, dignity and sincere honesty that has paved the trails for other brave souls to follow in. Commitment, trust and truth cannot ever be tarnished because of one evil man who robbed your life from your mother, Karen, your beloved wife, your big sister,Nancy and all your loved ones,niece, nephews and the great-nieces and great-nephew. Their loss and grief one day the healing and salvation will surely come as they reunite with you. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 14, 2021

A toolbox alone will not solve nor conquer terror. It must be an all out attack using every vehicle of versatility, dignity and integrity demonstrated and displayed humbly, heroically and humanely all the time. Every waking moment of your life, Officer Cook, was dedicated to your loving family, department and friends from around our nation. A country and your community of Dade County just yearning for stability and serenity. The sacrifice of integrity, reverence and dignity that day was clear as your missions on this earth. Heart, soul and forever now your angelic spirit encircling your loved ones watching over them as they transport your legacy of heroism, sanctity and the nobility of your blessed acumen and morals. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 14, 2021

You navigated your unrelenting and never ending willpower and fortitude around Dade County, Officer Cook, always heroically comported and composed. It was a chase to catch evil and violence before it blossomed into something more perilous. The residents have always fondly, solemnly and humbly remembered your heart, soul and spirit of virtue, wisdom and vision. Its maturity formulated the process of how you would proceed utilizing outstanding character, commitment and the steadiness of convictions both clearly trusted and truthful. Indeed, honesty,dignity and integrity are a very blessed and devoted public servant's best policies of perseverance, proficiency and professionalism. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 14, 2021

Sometimes the crests ahead are foggy, but the roads you navigated through here in Dade County, Officer Cook, were your dreams being realized. Despite peril and danger you persevered to serve heroically and to protect the citizens with all your heart and powers of reverence. A gentleman genuinely concerned, loving and esteemed who has not been forgotten for his sacrifice. Dignity and integrity stood tall and proud as was your uplifting mannerisms and character that was committed to all duties above and beyond responsibility. Virtue and versatile, valor and vision, maturity and wisdom all angelic forevermore in eternity where you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 14, 2021

A by-product of an excellent upbringing generally produces positive results. Back in your day this message was surely exact. Truer words could not have been spoken. You seized the humble opportunity, Officer Cook, to make a long lasting impression engraved in all the souls, hearts and minds of Dade County.It was where superior intellect, vital integrity and ingenuity that was both creative and intuitive. A man blessed with acumen and wisdom patrolling his venue, his area and neighborhood to bring peace from the bottom up to the top where its humbleness shall forever be cherished,blessed and deeply admired. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Trust lies in character. truth rests in everything noble in conviction, commitment and the courage to maintain a vigilance over your serenely sacred missions of hope, faithfulness and goodwill bestowed upon the eyes and ears of humanity.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 13, 2021

One humble look in the mirror told it all. The story of a hero who believed in himself. No questions only a gentleman hunting and searching for answers to this preponderance of terror that attacked authority and those whom you protected and served with your mighty strong heart, Officer Cook. That muscle that beats hundreds of thousand times a day. The one controlled by your brain. Nothing could have deterred your motions, your missions of sanctity in calming especially given your tone of voice and causes of which you pursued vigorously. Dade County was simply blessed by a marvelous human being with Godgiven skills, talents and gifts of humility all stoic, stellar and sterling. A pristine uniform and a polished badge of true allegiance told it all and it continues paying it forward again and again. For a man of character, pious and devoted in his earthliest of convictions steadying the compass. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 13, 2021

The rainbow contains a multi-colored arch made up of many facets of ferocity,honesty and a wealth of inspiring integrity and dignity that was determined to get at the sources of evil. You led others, Officer Cook, during your brief six years of laboring for stability and harmony. Dade County and its people could not be happier just the hope that you would have survived your fatal wounds while your two other colleagues were clinging to a thread. But, your virtue and visibility all came through in the crunch. Never more respected and never more passionate and very humble. That's what a hero is and now your eternal life marches onward as an angel of valor. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Character is the vision and wisdom so demanded from all who don a badge and wear a uniform accentuated by working your tail off to achieve a means to a happy conclusion. Just wished that day there was that type of outcome.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 13, 2021

The boulder comes crashing down upon mankind and it's up to us to ponder our very decisions on how to stand up when evil confronts and confuses our very best of intentions. You represented Dade County excellently, Officer Cook,heroism that shined, honor that will forever be revered and your unassuming integrity and its dignity will always be saluted for its due diligence and versatile vigilance. A man still young gone way too early with more left on your horizons of faith, hope and the goodwill that society greatly appreciated. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 13, 2021

The cabinets are not bare. For they continue being refilled by those who have succeeded you, Officer Cook. Honor,dignity and integrity don't just pop on like a light for they must be learned, preached,practiced and honed ready to attack those situations that call for certain measures. You can be very sure Dade County will never overlook nor forget your blessed, sacred and humane name of accountability, responsibility and reliability. Everything in moderation even when challenged by a plethora of adversarial bedlam. Such fine and upstanding character, commitments and trusted convictions of truth always stored where Our Lord can observe and watch over His humble angel. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 13, 2021

Desertion from duty can only mean one thing. You are disinterested and leave your battles for others to face. Where can your humble honesty, dignity and the fortitude of integrity lie? Yours, Officer Cook, was rock solid and dedicated to the forces of violence where its winds gusted and threatened to topple safety, serenity and security here in Dade County. Your heroic life and career were made up of the stuff that all decent and virtuous public servants possess. A wealth of wisdom, boldness and the versatility that carries vision's journeys. A man so true and trusted that is to be forever saluted for restoration and recapturing the imagination of his family,peers and those citizens who have fondly and solemnly remembered unwavering, undying and unselfish effort poured forth. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 13, 2021

A talent that was God giving your parents two wonderful children. Your big sister, Officer Cook, misses you and your parents. As they raised decency, devotion and honesty all in the same home. An environment that was suited to your humbly and heroic lifestyle. A gentleman with a caring and golden heart concealed in truth and trust going out on patrol to serve and protect the citizens of Dade County. Make no mistake, valor,virtue and wisdom were all born from character, dignity and integrity. All vitally essential in the fight over evil and adversity. Your blessed and revered name my neighbor, friend and hero forevermore is being rewarded for making the ultimate sacrifice. Boundaries and corridors preserved by an articulate man whose esteem and loyalty was without any doubt flawless. Rest in peace.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 13, 2021

A young man dwelling in devotion, living with humble dignity, battling the forces of evil with pure desire and always being determined and dedicated never once being derailed from your dangerous and yet heroically challenging assignments. Yes, Officer Cook, you persevered, you went through that ring of fire more than once to protect, to serve diligently all Dade County, all mankind and all humanity with a heart and soul of constant care, concern and giving. Today, as the wars rage on you are remembered as one of the many outstanding heroes who made the ultimate sacrifice to benefit your community. The evidence is as clear as day. Integrity and ingenuity worked in a most unwavering, unselfish and tireless manner to promote the hope, faith and goodwill that humility breeds. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 12, 2021

A man whose heroism, honor and humble heart were the shining examples of your life, career and commitments to valor, pride and excelling in your chosen professional endeavors. All willingly displayed, demonstrated and dedicated to a precise tee. Dade County, Officer Cook, was not your stomping ground rather it was your devoted venue of vision, versatility and virtue now working its heavenly tasks as an angel. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 12, 2021

I apologize, Officer Cook, your dreams, aspirations are a vivid part of your humble legacy. Violence should never be a normal participant in an everlasting free and fruitful humanity where we can enjoy our lives pursuing whatever our hearts and minds so desire. Everything from that evil moment on May 16, 1979 becomes a glowing part of your heroism. Honor, dignity, integrity, respect and character all clear and unabaded. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 12, 2021

Ferocity and tenacity trump evil and terror at least that's what should be the normal progression. It's sadly not these times and days. Dade County, Officer Cook, was your heroic and honored battleground where the cries for assistance were loud and clear just as your wisdom, vision and maturity. Conceived in honor, born with dignity and scruples and living your life and career from the center of integrity they are never forgotten and neither are you. Character amplified and courage from versatile convictions. The trustworthiness and truth never losses its flavor. For your gumption and grit have always been cherished and greatly admired. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 12, 2021

Poignant, humble, stellar and sterling, all accentuated in honor, respect and dignity. Your integrity and smile, Officer Cook, faced many different folks during your watch over the citizens of Dade County. But there is no greater man who gives his life for his peers and comrades as you did that somber day of May 16, 1979. A day when honor,dignity and integrity reached further down those vaults of virtue, vigilance and versatility to try and make the circumstances more humane and safer. Our stability and hope demanded accountability and the efficiency of one gallant warrior and you'll forevermore be paid homage for living as a trusted and truthful man of God. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 12, 2021

Concern is a healthy trait. If one does not display compassion and empathy then society may become dislodged from its roots of honesty, dignity and integrity. Badge#1664 demonstrated the articulation, the perpetuity of goodwill, reliability and the steady rudders of resourcefulness and faithfulness. Your colleagues and community never had a doubt nor worry that you would perform when life and possible tragedy mattered, Officer Cook. Always a man of virtue and soul living your sacred life with Karen and always caring about your mother, Mrs. Julia Cook,may she and your father, Charles, both rest in peace along with you my neighbor, friend and hero. The source of light from your spirit is forever keeping alive your dreams, aspirations and missions. They are not a part of your humble heroic legacy shared by the entire universe.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 12, 2021

We must change when change is necessary. Taking onus involves leadership, motivation and the steadfast dedication that slowly moves the meters upward. In and out weaving its wickedness, you revved up your motors, Officer Cook, trying to influence Dade County and its people to yearn to become more self sufficient than ever before. Tough times call for more pronounced measures. But, since you had the wholesome resolve, the never ending honor, dignity and integrity, the patrols for our freedoms and securities which are so very essential to character, trust and truth. Conviction is important, you were a man of your sacred word which continues building the future cornerstones in which society lives and thrives. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 12, 2021

Police work has its moments. It has its good moments as well. Your career and heroic life, Officer Cook, has stood solidly all these decades later as Dade County and your family continue marching onward with your spirit and legacy close to their belts and sleeves. Your peers of loyalty have dutifully honored your integrity, dignity and honesty because of you being centered on the central cores and tasks at hand. Peril did not prevent you from doing yeoman work and your career has been saluted and solemnly remembered for its dignity, integrity and by having a humble and humanely serene heart and soul. The character of heroes grows eternally as your commitments to both excellence and pride continues enhancing our very noblest of missions. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 12, 2021