Metro-Dade Police Department, Florida
End of Watch Wednesday, May 16, 1979
Reflections for Police Officer William Coleman Cook
No more bigotry, bias or hateful incidents shall mar a good nation. Society, humanity and mankind looked up to public servants such as yourself, Officer Cook, depending on your versatile dependability, capability and reliable responsibility to tend to the needs of Dade County. A hero lives their life so pious yet humble in their efforts. Yours were the base of integrity, wisdom and the honor dignity shall bring to trust, truth and justice. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
October 16, 2020
The wings of man and woman fly high and low, it's in their peaceful searches for harmony do we locate their unwavering and tireless professional honesty, integrity and dignity. Al sculpted and crafted by courage, care and concern for mankind. You sincerely were concerned about lives in and around Dade County, Officer Cook. Certainly one valiant hero giving his heart and loyal spirit to witness adversity taken down. We band together during stressful times and your humanely devoted composure lead your pursuits all accomplished wisely and with a clarity like no other. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
October 16, 2020
Whatever choice of beverage your buddies hoist in your memory and honorable heroics may it be for heaven's sake, name and all the blessings, Officer Cook, that keep being given to you. Dade County never forgot integrity, ingenuity and the humane advancement of acumen,dignity and their respect. Violence maims and takes lives tragically, it did not have to take your sweet and special soul of humbleness. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
October 16, 2020
Doom and gloom should not end this world. Although, violence ended your young life and upstart career toiling and displaying grand tenacity toward the people of Dade County, Officer Cook. Forever a gentleman of gallantry, stellar integrity and the humility of having more than a semblance of dignity all essential in balancing the wars against terror. You'll be saluted and solemnly paid homage for a life of service and professionalism through and true. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
October 16, 2020
Staying calm, cool and collected during tense situations is far better than being fried, frazzled and completely confused and befuddled. Never that Officer Cook. Only the finest and most loyalest of public servants have the truth and the trust of those whom you protected here in Dade County. Unselfish character. Undying commitments to pride and honesty. Unrelenting dignity and integrity all from a most resourcefully respected man of wisdom, vision and maturity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
October 16, 2020
Being delinquent is almost like being a derelict. Your undivided and unwavering devotion to Dade County, Officer Cook, will live on in your family's missions and fruitful journeys in life and in pursuit of tranquility and in happiness. Always their hero of honor, humility and the humane dignity and integrity needed to provide a base for joy and boldness. Such sanctity, nobility and civility surely has found its eternal resting place as an angel in heaven. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
October 16, 2020
Mass hysteria only provokes more panic than ever in society, It has enough to attempt to conquer with all this viciousness, wickedness and sheer evil that demonstrates its reluctance to abate. Your composure and calming voice of appeal and reason limited whatever violence fell down on mankind. Dade County was your territory where your best feet were competently striding forward, Officer Cook, confident, yet humble and loyal to your co-workers, partners who enjoyed and relished serving with a true heroic Godsend. Faithful and unwavering, unselfish dignity and integrity lead the charges that allowed you the opportunity to make that nobly distinct impression forever etched within your family's hearts and thoughts and the prayers of your past comrades. Saluted and always so treasured punctuated by total truth and trust. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
October 15, 2020
The trails begin high and low, from small to large it was your superior endeavors, Officer Cook, most composed, most functional and all honest and heroic. Dade County will not forget the giver of gallantry and the believer in boldness underscored by your brave character, compassionate dignity and integral integrity. All flying higher than a kite right this minute in Our Creator's celestial of planets. The best staff of angels attending to the most humanely humble of guarding those finest of entrances to Our Lord's kingdom of wisdom, vision and maturity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
October 15, 2020
Walking into a hornet's nest of danger is akin to walking on shattered glass. You came to a scene you were not required to come to, you acquitted yourself quite well as best you could, Officer Cook, to rescue, aid and to save the lives of Dade County citizens and your faithfully reliable colleagues. Everything was done to save your life, to restart your heart of honor, your veins where your blood flowed with character, dignity and the decency of humbly heroic integrity. peace and unity was indeed brokered by your respectful genes of tenacity and resolve following you on your passionate trails of truth,trust and justice. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
October 15, 2020
Four tenets of a terrific warrior's humility may not be flexible, they must be sturdy and most efficient. They are follows: honesty, dignity,integrity and character all wholesome and all most notably heroic, Your feats and sacred actions everyday and in particular that Wednesday afternoon of May 16, 1979, were the living examples of an exemplary life, excellence in dedication to duty and onus, loyalty beyond any letter. Certainly to be lost while doing your duties, Officer Cook, on behalf of Dade County has forever cemented your status as a legend and a hero of affection who was adored and loved by his family, respected and embraced by his comrades and one who took a challenge even battling peril to subdue a man bent on serious revenge. Your virtuous soul and spirit rest well my neighbor, friend and hero, they are at peace where as an angel of valor you may soar to the highest of plains and plateaus. Rest in peace. Leadership and authority did not go to your head. It's wisdom and vision enriching the likes of basic maturity beyond the crowd.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
October 15, 2020
Callousness is like that cliffhanger, that boulder that falls off the mountain landing right atop society crushing its hopes, dreams and aspirations. Yours, Officer Cook, were accomplished as you succeeded in bringing a semblance of peace to Dade County for the six years you served its residents. A good man whose life and promise were violently ended by a vile and disgraceful human being. Your colleagues have you to thank for saving them from worse damage as well as the citizens embroiled in Mr. Pearsall's tirades against mankind, the police and anyone who crossed his paths of turbulence.Your dignity,integrity and honesty was the filter that summoned good relationships between people. Truth, trust and wisdom stirring those pots of perseverance and proficiency. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
October 15, 2020
Inventions are for the minds of the intuitive and curious. Nature provides us some of our most basic and essential needs and you, Officer Cook,delivered the goods of goodwill, hope and everything honorable that police officers must possess. Dade County was preserved by a nobleman of character, dutiful vigilance and the sincerity that serenity rested upon its rocks of resolve, effort and sheer resiliency. You'll never be forgotten for heroism and its sanctity that propelled your prolific missions on behalf of humanity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
October 15, 2020
A time for birth, a time to live and then a time when God transports our very honored souls to His domain, heaven and eternity are forevermore where the righteous can sing out loud God's divine blessings and praises as they reap their humanely humble rewards for serving and practicing dignified ethical conduct. Yours, Officer Cook,was all heroic, all sacred and all noble as you preserved the integrity of character and respect here in Dade County a place you called home as a young man and as a married man so devout, faithful and devoted to your very beloved wife, Karen. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
October 15, 2020
When pressed into action, perseverance, proficiency and the total product of your work must be complete and finished with more than enough of a supply of honesty, dignity and integrity. To defeat a foe so demanding, so engaging and so troublesome it took every ounce of energy and feats of your humane heart, Officer Cook, to gain the advantage shaping Dade County and leaving this world all too soon making that difference and distinct impression upon civilization. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Character, commitment and convictions build those sincerest of newer bridges while boldness only enriches those who reach out to take hold of its branches. You surely and most certainly were brave, Officer Cook. That young man had a life too just terrible that your life and career sadly ended as well as his leaving a widow, Karen and Mr. Pearsall's mother his girlfriend with a child to pick up his pieces of ruination and humiliation. The Central Division lives on and fights on with Badge#1664 belonging to Officer William Coleman Cook looking down from heaven's perches above as its guardian angel.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
October 15, 2020
Gallantry is not glitz. What counts the most is a man's will to defend his fellow officers and the people he watches over. Like a mother who stays by the nest with her young, you stayed by Dade County's side for six loyal and promising years of dignified, honored and most heroic service providing integrity, vigilance and character at every turn, Officer Cook. Never out of sight, heart or mind, your legacy is the respect and the noble wisdom and humbleness that lasts forever never being tarnished or disgraced as you poured your entire body into your sacred labors of passion. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
October 15, 2020
The pearly gates remain forever open allowing sanctity, humility and civility to freely roam. Angels of valor, respect, wisdom and vision walking their proverbial beats without a hint of trouble nor harm. They all made the ultimate sacrifice to benefit their venues and communities who rise to pay homage to their legacies of heroic proportions. Dade County has perpetually paid homage to you, Officer Cook, never losing track of what badge#1664 represented in honesty,integrity and in dignity. You captured the hearts of your family and all society with your dangerous feats of ferocity spread throughout your community where you lived and were raised by two wonderfully devout,loyal and proud parents who rest in peace along side of you my neighbor,friend and hero. I'm glad I have the chance to visit your grave here though your folks are buried in Cynthiana, Kentucky.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
October 15, 2020
Those who race to commit unsightly terror their hearts and minds just snap, crackle and pop. They sadly pay no heed to authority and look to undermine the good of society. Humanity surely frowns upon this sight and your years spent policing Dade County, Officer Cook,were certainly honored, dignified and with a brand of character always so humanely humble. Now as an angel your wings are fitted perfectly to allow you to fly higher every moment. You laid down your life for a sacred and practical purpose not to be shelved where dust simply gathers. Rest in peace my neighbor,friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
October 15, 2020
Ghoulish, ghastly and just ignominious, all this crime and violence just infiltrating our roads, driveways, trails and streets where harmony, liberty and respect for mankind shall rule. You did an outstanding job, so marvelously well, Officer Cook, that Dade County has forever prospered because of your unwavering,undying and tirelessly unselfish endeavors to bring any evil to a head. A hero whose life and career meant the world to his family, comrades and peers. Always so poignant, dignified and full of hopeful honesty and reverent integrity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
October 15, 2020
You won't be forgotten, Officer Cook, never ever for your honorable and heroically sacred actions to serve and to protect life in and around Dade County. But, how can we reverse the callous courses of actions that undermine safety, security and the sole integrity,dignity and character of a community? Good and decent public servants such as yourself, Officer Cook, enhanced, enriched, engaged, encouraged and escorted evil from our sight. Your entry sadly into heaven was far too early as you left behind so much more to journey through. God saw your earthly missions through until they were deemed as fruitfully completed and now has blessed and rewarded your mortal soul, spirit and heart of gold. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
October 15, 2020
Eternity humanely, heroically and most honorably embellishes the solemn, sacred and convicted actions of civilization. All women and men who have ever served and protected mankind, their names of blessing and reward are all seen on walls where their legacies shine with pride and excellence. Your name, Officer Cook, serves as a mantra for others who have taken over your watch here in Dade County. To begin to undertake, comprehend and to scratch and claw for effort,energy and efficiency, there must be honesty, integrity and dignity all residing within your hearts and souls now given angel's wings to float,soar and to fly higher everyday. The community folks own't forget you, Officer Cook and neither will your beloved family, esteemed and treasured colleagues and humbly embracing close personal friends. You made a ton of them just by being the supreme human being and gallant gentleman going truth, trust and character's extra mile. Loyalty and resourcefulness receive their just rewards and proper blessings articulating your life and career of both courage and justice for all. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
October 14, 2020
To uplift is to raise mankind. A very special soul cherished and widely respected for service that was top notch, first class and professional all the way. Dade County had you for six years, Officer Cook, seventy-two months of humble, humane and loyal care, concern and consideration. Too short a journey, too soon your earthly missions were deemed as finished, you were just beginning your worldly tasks and roles when one single individual decided his problems had to be brought out to Liberty City's streets where you patrolled with your partner that fateful day. He unleashed a string of domestic violence against his girlfriend and you, your comrades and civilization. God has you tender soul, integrity and dignity walking soundly and smoothly now and for eternity. Just why? Why so soon? Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
October 14, 2020
Whatever personality you have so long as you can do the job. One that's able to handle danger and peril, keeping yourself humbly honest, focused in dignity and centered on integrity.The heart and soul of character, commitment and conviction. Respect, diligence and vigilance can meet the needs so long as you can function with your being and brain which of course you heroically did for mankind and for Dade County, Officer Cook. A place reserved for the upright and you did an excellent job enhancing, enriching and invigorating us with a sensation of serenity,security and safety from your wisdom, vision and maturity beyond the crowd. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
October 14, 2020
The majority of the time turning the key will get the motor to start. It's found in the sincerest of energy, effort and efficiency that drives a person's integrity, honesty and dignity. It all was instrumental in your accomplishments working and serving the people of Dade County, Officer Cook. The memories of your heroic life are as fresh as they were yesterday and they will remain forevermore a guarded and most distinctly humble part of your legacy. Badge#1664 never needed prodding, it never needed a poke to produce. Though, a smile is just that,it was your assurances that problems would be solved, conflicts would be lessened and circumstances all would be delicately handled by one loving soul of faithfulness,fairness and the firmness that represents justice's truth and truth. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
October 14, 2020
Serious trouble cannot forever be a sign of the times. Though, time certainly has progressed and of course changed since your untimely death, Officer Cook, while performing your basic honorable duties on behalf of Dade County. A human being, a gentleman all versed in dignity and character that integrity never had to pull its chains to make it go forward. You took burdens and responsibility quite to heart, very seriously, violence cannot continue to make a laughingstock of humanity. Mankind already is burdened with enough on its plate to swallow. Your family has had to burden the grief it suffered over forty-one years ago after the world lost a gallant young man. Time is supposed to heal those wounds and close those gaping holes where resolve,resiliency and effort only strengthened those bonds of boldness, trustworthiness and truth. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
October 14, 2020
If getting greasy, dirty and bloody can stem the tide of violence than that is what is required of all servants. Their willingness is the purpose of why they became leaders, officers and professionals of honor, integrity and dignity. They all assist in quashing unrelenting evil as you performed so did Dade County function in a peaceful fashion, Officer Cook. Desire and hope can spring eternal only if reverence, respect and loyalty are always willing to dig deeper to carry the battle to callousness and wanton heinous activities. You'll forever be heroic my neighbor, friend and hero. Sanctity, nobility and civility are always looking out for each other. Rest in peace.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
October 14, 2020