Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

A notebook and pen will achieve for now. But, Our Master has His eternal camcorder turned on forevermore to tape our lives and journeys in action. Your soul and heart, Officer Cook, have been and continue to be loyally blessed and rewarded for their nobility, accountability and all the acumen and virtues in your unselfish dignity, honesty and trustworthy integrity all stood front and center during times of crisis. They remain the bookends of a dutiful career one carried with morals and dedication to decency, drive and resiliency. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 1, 2021

We strive to cleave to respect, goodwill and devotion as long as our hearts and souls show a promise and a passion for life. Yours, Officer Cook, was genuine, honorable and heroic. Its dignity and integrity produced a semblance of unity, freedom and harmony for Dade County to be capable of living happy lives and yet the sadness of you not being here to cherish your family and to partake in their happiness will never be forgotten. We solemnly salute and fondly remember a true gentleman and a young man who had more left to accomplish. Heaven has the answers and we have those humane and earthly questions. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 1, 2021

Faith follows a man's destiny so long as he remains dedicated and honest in his professional missions on behalf of mankind. Surely, the sacrifice of both dignity and integrity, Officer Cook, was a hero's unassuming and tireless character that defended the virtues and resolve of Dade County. May 16, 1979 is fast approaching and all the whys, what ifs and knawing questions forever linger. Your family knows your most beloved and treasured heart, soul and spirit rest in peace with you my neighbor, friend and hero. A truthful and most trusted angel who now eternally patrols the gates of bravery and efficiency.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 1, 2021

Execute your due responsibilities and Our Creator will perform His deeds of kindness where faith and devotion lie. They all were in your humble and honorably humane heart, Officer Cook. The citizens witnessed true compassion, trust and ingenuity where both integrity and dignity lie. You'll never be forgotten for virtue, valor and the boldness of a lion with both a heart and soul of reverence all circling over your family. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 30, 2021

Tragedy drives a nail right through the hearts of families and does not seem to want to cease its actions of callousness. You served and protected Dade County with gloves of gallantry, Officer Cook, a hero so honest and decent. Make no mistake dignity, character respect and integrity are all in heaven guarding those pristine gates where virtue and vigilance are all angelic. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 30, 2021

Your heroism shall live on in the hearts, souls and minds of all who knew such a generous and most honest man. Dade County has missed you, Officer Cook and so much more left to accomplish. I guess to try and figure out was evil ended your life, career and happy marriage would be impossiblen to calculate. All truth, trust and a virtuous heart of giving and gold. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 30, 2021

Put two and two together you will arrive at four. Your life and career, Officer Cook, was blessed with gifts not everyone has and God gave your parents and sister, Nancy a special servant. So loyal and thoughtful. Your years and life of resolve and effort have never been overlooked. For serving Dade County's people with decency, desire and class, may Our Maker shone down His compassion upon your heart and soul,integrity and dignity navigating their ranges of relevance. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 30, 2021

We can praise the Lord and yet on the other hand we salute you, Officer Cook. A dignified young man entrusted with faithfully executing your onuses toward Dade County. Heroic and all honesty with unselfish integrity, character and dignity which battled against violence. For generations to come your solemn and esteemed name will be rewarded and blessed for its unrelenting talents and tenacity in the face of storms. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 30, 2021

What happens when a good man is taken? His family mourns and grieves over his loss. But, their honor,trust and devotion never wavered. That's probably the reason, Officer Cook, your beloved mother, Mrs. Julia Cook, may she rest in peace lived for nearly forty years after her darling and heroic son gave his life for Dade County, his peers of pride, dignity and integrity remembering and saluting virtue, valor and diligence. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 30, 2021

Foundations and their cornerstones all conceived in liberty, freedom and tranquility set down by your prowess and humbly heroic exploits,Officer Cook. Dade County was your domain and destination of duty, dedication and loyal and steadfast determination. Such honesty,integrity and character with dignity and a pristine uniform and badge all reflecting the ideals, values and ethics as set forth by your department. Such a hero whose loss sent shock waves rippling through humanity which grieves as your beloved family did over your loss my neighbor, friend and hero. Rest in peace. The book is opened and the chapters and pages have turned. Your memory and resolve are now circling around us every second of the day, afternoon and night.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 29, 2021

Sadly, I was not there that tragic day you were taken by violence, Officer Cook, to take your hand and to hold you until help arrived to try and save your life. Dade County and your beloved family lost a valued member of their force and a man steeped in the rich traditions of honesty,integrity and dignity all lending a helping hand to attempt to get an evil man to give himself up before things mushroomed out of kilter. You were so consummate, brave and for having the grit to battle adversity may your spirit rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 29, 2021

The hopes of mankind were humbly, heroically and honorably served by your sweet and sense of direction, Officer Cook. Dade County was more than blessed by vigilance. virtue and versatility. It was protected by your passionate heart, soul and trust,the truth never going astray. The citizens purpose and security was gained by your most unselfish and tireless wisdom, energy and bountiful vision and maturity beyond the crowd. Now as one of God's finest angels do you share an important job and that's to watch over His perfect gates. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 29, 2021

When shackled by serious problems and troubles all public servants turn to their arsenal of blessed and honored acumen, virtual awareness and the astuteness that is essential in solving conflict. You displayed a wealth of know how and knowledge to see your patrols and journeys to completion, Officer Cook, on behalf of Dade County's citizens. Your dignity and integrity rode with your beloved heart and soul and where your spirit of respect and character rests in peace my neighbor,friend and hero, it will always be greatly remembered, solemnly saluted and forever cherished for its humility and devotion.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 29, 2021

Wisdom and vision spring the facets of maturity and resolve. With your relentless virtue and vitality, Officer Cook, did you patrol Dade County achieving a broad scope of serenity, security and safe havens for mankind. Humility and honor saluted for their dignity and integrity that attracted the attention of a community that continues to respect, admire and revere your most blessed and cherished name. God has His angel of valor so principled and so authentically capable. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Your genes flowed with goodwill,good nature and hope for peace and happiness just too bad you could not be alive to see your undying and unwavering endeavors building newer foundations throuhgout your venue.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 29, 2021

A lion's heart and soul searching for opportunity to create a difference within the perimeters of Dade County and your willingness, honor and heroism, Officer Cook, created a bond to last forevermore. Always composed and relatively calm under pressure it's your desire, dignity and integrity that stood their grounds to battle evil and worse adversities. Never will your character,commitments and convictions all faithful and truly trusted be forgotten. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 29, 2021

Every morsel of honesty, integrity and dignity that you had, Officer Cook, was heroically utilized to serve Dade County and its residents. Keeping law and order while staying truthful and trustworthy is not simple and routine. Every moment your attention had to be focused upon preservation and protecting the ingenuity and values of life. Its purposes and callings are all too valuable and at times most vulnerable. With heart and virtue did you perform your most tireless, unselfish and undying duties toward humanity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 29, 2021

Police utilize their abilities and humility to broker deals and to stave off harm to a community. Dade County was a special venue where your virtue and valor, Officer Cook, patrolled those hollow grounds looking for stability and safety for all to pass through. A real nice man with such a good heart tragically taken for his family and peers while performing such necessary duties all willingly accounted for no reservations! Integrity and dignity all blessed and given their humbleness by Our Creator. Your spirit, Officer Cook, will be around for eternity as you walk your beat with God's perfect balance of perfection assisting you every step. Rest in peace my neighbor,friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 28, 2021

Violence chokes the living life out of mankind. It's a vice like grip that does not want to let go. You kept up the pressure, Officer Cook and with your proficiency that assignments were handled with care and humility. Your sense of leadership and direction probably was headed further up those ladders of dignity,integrity and whatever ingenuity and character you constantly had. Dade County will never be the same without your vim,vigor and vitality. Such capacity to undertake your roles without any wavering,dodging onus and always being relied upon and accountable. A man whose heroic legacy stands firm and forever loyal to your colleagues and family members. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 28, 2021

Whenever I drive by a tennis court I think of you, Officer Cook as you must have enjoyed your exercise along with your friend and hero, Officer Keith DiGenova. Cannot forget nor overlook what he and Officer Robert Edgerton meant to Dade County as survivor heroes while their humanely honored and dignified comrade gave his life trying to stop a wayward man from harming his girlfriend and other citizens of Dade County. A gentleman with truth and trust worn succinctly on a uniform of vigilance, responsibility and all the efforts that comes from desire and dedication. Society has treasured you, Officer Cook, for a caring heart, a soul of wisdom and surely for possessing mettle, morals and values to be etched upon the poles, signs and walls within the community you called home. Never forgotten and forever a warrior of resiliency. Rest in peace my neighbor,friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 28, 2021

In God's kingdom nothing will ever harm His most sacred and notable angels of integrity, honesty and dignity. For it was found in their genes of gallantry where goodwill,hope and faithfulness relied upon each other to conquer violence. That's for sure and your life,career and family, Officer Cook, meant the whole world to you and I'm sure they cry from time to time missing you tremendously. Such an unassuming and tireless hero who dug deep within the roads of Dade County to implant some staple of harmony and freedom for all to thrive. Certainly an angel now blessed forevermore as your wisdom,vision and maturity is being passed on down to countless other comrades who continue your journeys of esteem. We salute your valor and versatile heart, soul and spirit as you rest in peace my neighbor,friend and hero along with your beloved parents also so devout,loyal and honorable.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 28, 2021

Virtue is humbly achieved when success is heroically given. Such sacred honesty, integrity and dignity, Officer Cook, all handled with class, decency and the assurances of keeping Dade County and its folks safe from evil. The saddest part of your life and career was of course when you were taken while performing your earthly missions of goodwill and hope. Humility and heart beat within your reverent character and loyalest of commitments to pride and excelling in fulfilling your roles of tenacity undertaken for a supreme purpose. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 28, 2021

When the chains of calamity come cascading down upon society it was up to your truthful, trusted and heroically honest intuitions, Officer Cook, that rescued the citizens of Dade County from impending harm. So resourceful, dignified and a man intense and full of integrity, character and respect, may your heart, soul and spirit of humility and strength be blessed and rewarded for its acumen,vision and wisdom. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 28, 2021

Just as a bear swims in water to catch salmon and other fish to consume, just as they go into forests searching for honey, your pursuits, Officer Cook, took you around the corridors of Dade County a community where you were employed as a public servant so genuinely concerned with the people whom you undertook an affirmation to solemnly protect, your life and career of humility never detoured and never did you acquit yourself with less than one-hundred percent. You can be your family's warrior and your peers of the past and present did not forget a mighty man, a hero with a golden legacy of courage and excellent conduct, the values and ideals to be treasured, blessed and rewarded for their cunning leadership and directional signals. You are to be commended and gracefully honored. Rest in peace my neighbor,friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 27, 2021

A gentleman with an iron will standing guard ready and willing to battle adversity with all his mind, heart and soul giving every ounce of breath to free Dade County and its residents from the clutches of heinousness. Every minute and every last second, Officer Cook, you gave honesty, dignity and integrity a humble hoist right into the fray to clear the traps of evil. Such terror obviously belongs not on the streets, peace and trust stand better as one with true and reverence. Forever loyal and easygoing, a surely model angel of purpose,passion and comprehending accomplishment not letting it travel to your brain and never a boaster. All humbleness and all a respect for society. Rest in peace my neighbor,friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 27, 2021

Adored, admired and acclaimed your heroic career and humble life, Officer Cook, has not been shelved nor overlooked. It's also never be forgotten for strength of heart, respect, character and commitments to everything loyal and blessed in the good names pride and excellence display. You demonstrated why you belonged in Dade County toiling and turning those pages of prudent resolve and proficiency. You gave your life so security, safety and enhanced happiness, tranquility and prosperity would never be in name only. The days will come when your family besides your beloved parents may they rest in peace along with you my neighbor,friend and hero will reunite. For now as they carry the torch of your legacy may beauty,wisdom and vision serve as their aspirations as they solemnly and humanely remember their "Uncle Bo." A trusted and truthful defender of the people. Words are empty unless fulfilled by action because evil is not wandering away without a battle and your fought those wars on your turf of ferocity and humility.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 27, 2021