Metro-Dade Police Department, Florida
End of Watch Wednesday, May 16, 1979
Reflections for Police Officer William Coleman Cook
You never sought the limelight, Officer Cook, because of your honest, humble and heroic virtue all serving Dade County and landing some stable of harmony at our doorsteps. The sanctity and seriousness of all matters and circumstances would dictate otherwise. You are solemnly remembered and cherished for being a loyal member of your family and department providing comfort and shelter as a blessing to all mankind. Truth and trust would run wild if most women and men sought the spotlight. The lights go on and flash when versatility and tenacity need to be amped up. The heavens above are filled with enhancement, enrichment and engagement the perfect balance among angels so treasured for their earthly missions. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Your smile and demeanor, Officer Cook, were storied and valued to be shared for generations to come.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 19, 2020
If confession is good for the soul, convicting the guilty should make our neighborhoods safer once again. Badge#1664 did just that and even way beyond your responsibilities, Officer Cook, always a superb man and a forever Dade County hero. Onus is placed upon the shoulders and hearts of the brave and honest, whose noble causes and purposes help see us through the toughest of times. Integrity and character are a part of having dignity and a plan of attacking this torment and turmoil that strike sat our very core. It constricts peace and security only making a public servant's jobs much tougher to be successful in completing. God saw a richness of devotion,dedication and fierce determination, Officer Cook and the tragedy is that He needed another angel to walk that proverbial beat. Everything you accomplished in your life and during a humble career of virtue,humility and sanctity was the basis of vision,clarity and acumen all from thoughtful scruples you and Nancy, your big sister were taught by your parents may they rest in peace along with you my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 19, 2020
Racial and social injustice are a precursor to alienating society and from that there cannot be honor and humility among the morals of most who do good. In other words those inclined to commit mayhem and violence unless they are stopped may just keep on making a mockery of the dignity and integrity that are the very fabric of our land. Your humble and heroic journeys here in Dade County were founded upon certain character and principles ascribed in our very constitution. One that governs the entire universe. You'll forever be remembered and duly saluted, Officer Cook, for faithfulness, esteem and for having the heart and wisdom to serve and to protect lives with resiliency. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Your end of the affirmation was upheld, Officer Cook, as you uplifted the spirits of humanity which very much misses you today and everyday.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 19, 2020
Having a hearty smile and a deep sense of love and admiration, Officer Cook, you were the consummate representative of Dade County as its defender of dignity, desire and dedication. Pure determination led your life of values and profession of principles. The highest compliment paid to an honorable hero so full of ferocity and the right mixes of mettle and morals making your respected character so trustworthy and true. One welcome warrior whose virtue was validated by superb endeavor. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Heaven welcomed your soul was sanctity and the nobility of all your actions. Forever etched and preserved within the walls of memory here and in Our Nation's Capitol. You will always be held in high regard by me and my loving family! You paid the dearest of prices to secure liberty and its balances of boldness.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 18, 2020
Police officers must be built from the highest of honor, boldness and the humanely humble heroism that accompanies them on their daily missions of peace, freedom and stability for one and all. Mankind, society and humanity demand and expect accountability, reliability,durability and the versatility that branches out from their reflectively professional character. The commitments to pride and excelling, Officer Cook, were all a product of your fond and solemn environment at your home here in Dade County, North Miami Beach, Fl where you grew up and were educated. A mature and capable gentleman so gifted, gallant and richly loyal to the challenges that lied ahead, violence from one man should not have ended your life and marriage to Karen, your dreams, goals and further aspirations. Yet you'll continue to inspire your loved ones, colleagues and many friends for have a warm and engaging personality capped by a wide smile on your handsome face. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 18, 2020
There is no patronizing in heaven God for Our Maker has seen all His heroes deeds, recorded them and has given them their due honors, angels all flying higher. Humility and honesty lift hearts up as does one's uplifting personality and yours, Officer Cook, was humble, heroic and surely wise beyond your youthful years of effort and experience. Dade County has seen it all and back in your day you were accountable to give sure relief against the eyes of evil. A day of sanctity and reverence was paid to your enriching soul of clarity and vision. All future men and women have a large task ahead, that is to police and kept wickedness from entrapping them, Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero of character, trust and truthful decisions. God saw your awesome completeness and needed in His highest of abodes to walk that perfect beat.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 18, 2020
Jewels and cars are materialistic things and cannot be taken to the afterlife world. But, honor, reverence, dignity and integrity the kind of humility you possessed, Officer Cook, can be heroically taken and after God saw your earthly missions serving Dade County as complete, destiny came calling for your special and virtual soul of charm and maturity. No tricks just truth and trust the honorable package wrapped tightly around Our Lord for Him to protect you. Your family has missed you as have your comrades of the past. Officer Piloto, Officer Jackson and Chief Jacobs. So many to name. But being as likeable as you were and determined to stop crime all who paid their respects said goodbye to an angel resting in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Esteemed character all the caring and concerned loyalty add up to one great life and career of satisfaction chopped down all too soon. But never forgotten.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 18, 2020
Honor, integrity and dignity position their humble and heroic perseverance right where communities depend upon its resolve. Seeing that you maintained excellent character throughout your life and professionally chosen work, Officer Cook, may your heart, soul and spirit be humanely blessed as God provides you with eternal shelter forever. No more harm or hurt will ever cross paths with you again. Mr. Pearsall crossed his evil trails with you and your fellow officers and you saved them from death and the citizens of Dade County who too were wounded by his violent rage. Authority uses those tools of solemness to sway terror from our midst. Heroism to be loyally cherished and respected. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 18, 2020
Nihilism is when you don't ascribe to values and certain ethical behavior. Citizens and law enforcement share in this onus. Officer Cook, you were a very decent and worthy public servant whose eyes and ears worked relentlessly towards providing peace and a semblance of stability for Dade County. With earthly honor, cherished dignity and integrity of character never to be scorned at nor questioned, you made everything and all people feel more at ease. With a heart that captivated mankind, its loss of you left your family and peers asking those questions of why? Reckless abandonment parades down these streets and corners lately as though it's just another day at the grocery store. Terrible when a diligent gentleman of valor has his rights and life just ripped apart by this very wave of wickedness you just attempted to stop. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Police just cannot go around callously gunning down people. And the citizens cannot go around taking innocent lives the victims of their massacres. They serve, protect and preserve the very domains through their humble channels of courtesy and courage. We must annihilate evil and terror forever!
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 18, 2020
Violence does not take vacations . Evil does not abandon itself when unleashing total wreck upon any venue. You abided by principles and morals, Officer Cook, to help see your missions as successful on behalf of loyalty and to Dade County. They all are treasured and remain a vital package of your dignified dossier. Integrity and honesty flow forth when that person engages in a trustworthy style of purpose keeping secure their heart's inner passions. Surely, respected and resolute. With bravery facing responsibility you solidly commanded other officers, Officer Cook, steering them to newer levels of motivation and the validity of virtues. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 18, 2020
Most individuals concur with excellent character, honorable efforts and dignified desire. No one agrees with disgraceful conduct unbecoming a police officer. No one should allow a virtueless man or woman to don a badge or yet wear a sacred uniform of trust and integrity. I believe the general public would be a bit sacred. What happened in Atlanta, Georgia last week sends another clear and very concise message to police and the public. You just followed your dignity, Officer Cook, where humility and heart conceived themselves as your best of friends. Dade County was watched and given an opportunity at tranquil times by your unwavering relevance and determined leadership not to be shelved and overlooked. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Heroism is sacred. Life matters. And your missions were duly faithful and very meaningful.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 18, 2020
For the duress, stress and liability to life and property all police must put everything on the streets leaving nothing to chance. You journeyed, Officer Cook, from one area to another making many stops and visits to locales checking on their safety. A man of justice, legitimate trust and honest truth and sincere dedication who has not been forgotten. Heroism,humility and vigilant virtue and durability never waned one second. You are always a part of vitality and a legacy warmly embraced. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Character crusades. Commitment is courage of your convictions both shall remain alive in your family as they carry on their lives and passions. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 18, 2020
Thought provoking, diligence with a dignified destiny behind your integrity as they travelled around the various corridors of Dade County, Officer Cook, to broaden and to shape the entire landscape of safe passageways and an openness to resolve any conflicts. You surely proved the versatility and truest of values in the word hero. Your years of service and life invigorated a new lease on hope, faith and goodwill that has built up many cornerstones and their fruitful foundations where you unselfish and undying character remains widely esteemed, cherished and most notably respected. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 18, 2020
Contemplation should be our world's proclamation before you think about doing wrong to someone. The world is a little less safe since your untimely loss, Officer Cook, one felt not just by your family, peers and friends, all around our wide globe. Dade County though did suffer a terrible loss to a sensational man, so young and very gifted with grit and gallantry supporting those tables of truth and tenacity. For extending yourself and for having quality character, dignity and integrity honest and sustained, may Our Lord shine His brightness down on your heroically sacred soul. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 18, 2020
Cooperation and conservation can surely head off any consternation a community is feeling. Everything predicated upon your excellent judgment, Officer Cook, a forever very worthy and honorable hero of and for the people of Dade County. Certainly no one will mistake your excellent character and outstanding work habits and virtues to be shared and carried on as your legacy of trust and truth lives on in all who knew and loved you. Eternity is that crisp and perfect haven for angels to roam, soar and to patrol Our King's pearliest of gates. The consolation your family shares, Officer Cook, is that you gave your life and career sacrificing all your best efficiency and endeavor to shelter serenity and liberty where you'll be remembered for humbleness and a broad smile across your handsome face. One that never gave in or up to violence. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 18, 2020
Police should not exaggerate. Only their honest endeavor and truthful motives should be applied to the description of what a dignified public servant must do to accomplish keeping a community safe and sound. You prevented more harm that sad day, Officer Cook, by heroically being instrumental in your unassuming and tireless character that was always first class. A man to be saluted and offered deserving homage for his humility and sacred passions for which the Lord's blessings will shower down on your beloved soul. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. peace and prosperity are those tranquil moments that your accountability and virtue played a larger part in securing the goodwill and hope of mankind.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 17, 2020
Predicaments must be handled with the very same acumen, awareness, honesty and integrity as all other issues, problems and dilemmas that all who take a solemn affirmation must respond to. Your proclamation of perseverance and pronounced resolve, Officer Cook, won't surely be forgotten. A hero who was highly regarded and one who summoned the courage from within his heart to make peace and stability a living and breathing reality for all Dade County and mankind. Humility so deeply engraved and paid homage to for being a special soul of the world. Now, Officer Cook,you'r e forever an angel sent to heaven sadly too young because of one man's outrageous actions against the goodwill of society. Bravery and boldness authentic and humane. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 17, 2020
In fifty-nine years you will be gone one-hundred years, Officer Cook. A longtime indeed and yet you'll always be solemnly,fondly and humbly respected for honorable and cherished heroic work on behalf of Dade County folks. Guaranteed and no doubts about anything. Because you lived to become a noteworthy individual who loyally graced these streets of panic and chaos with a soothing and reassuring voice of constructive purpose. Your heart and soul were larger staples of life so richly virtuous and so special and unique. A versatility, durability and capability so caring and down to earth. Sure Our Maker's accounting will reverently bless you sweet and humane spirit of endeavor and perception. The years just fly by, not by only welcome when God determines the date your family reunites with "Uncle Bo." Forevermore watching over us in eternity guarding those gates of esteem and efficient performance. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 17, 2020
Priorities must be put into their rightful order. Honesty, integrity and dignity from all public servants. Not 99 out of 100. Everyone is supposed to be working within the framework of the law. The legal system demands excellence and good morals. Conduct becoming not only a human being, it must be amped up higher to drive despair and evil away from our locations. Dade County was your starting place, Officer Cook, heroism as you lived, breathed and fought like heck for our freedoms to take shape, a basis of hope and fruition all geared, focused and centered upon the welfare and humility so valuable and sacred to mankind's causes of living,our passions and purposes to make this world better for our futures. Sure would have been nicer if you were allowed to live to see these changes and your retirement with your beloved Karen. God only knows and I'm sure even though she has remarried she thinks of her darling and heroic husband. You honored humanity by honoring God and your adoring parents my you all rest in peace my neighbors, friends and heroes. I can say this Officer Cook because of how they raised both you and your big sister, Nancy. Angels above floating like doves, birds of peace. For those rogue men and women with a badge you will not tarnish society, disgrace those who give the supreme sacrifice and surely never demean and disgrace hearts and souls of wisdom, vision and humbleness. All that will place you right into a prison forevermore.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 17, 2020
Please don't bend, break or yield to unworthy acts of heinousness. Our world cannot seem to recover from this violence and scenes of unfathomable acts of just plain bad public servants disrespecting their badges and uniforms. Badge#1664 and its uniform, yours, Officer Cook,were properly worn and attired. Affixed with heroic honor, desirable dignity and more than just a trusted and truthful core of integrity. Those men and women who serve and protect yet violate the law must be held accountable and duly punished. Your life of humility and career so profound and sacred were blessed with a gallantry and the good observations to make Dade County and its residents safer and more unified once again. God has your soul, Officer Cook, my neighbor, friend and hero wrapped around His palms along with your parents. All devout, honorable and loyal individuals. The cost of peace is certainly held to a higher standard. Your scruples, principles and vision cleared the pathways for all future officers to dive right into the field of battle. It's heated and hard, but with a little solace and perseverance the jobs can be handled smartly and most proudly and proficiently. Quality over quantity.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 17, 2020
With a courage to be bold, with convictions to be told and loving memories honest and heroic to be shared forever. A life of dignity and integrity taken way too soon, society would find it most difficult to repay you, Officer Cook. The years of planning, practicing, training and preparing all done under the eyes and ears of skilled and humble supervisors. Dade County was ready for your art of acumen,awareness and astuteness to perform their charms as shields against evil and turmoil. Our ways in life,our journeys, missions and happiness all came as a result of your unselfish sacrifice. As sacred and as resourceful as your heart and mind along with your soul of essential wisdom and guidance, it really should not have ended for you, your family and department as it shamefully and tragically did. You'll always be looked up to for respect and gratitude, the fortitude to succeed in calming and restoring what our land needed in recapuring. Sincerity flatters. Action flattens those curves of violence that spike. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. The attitude of all who carry on your legacy should be our way in some small fashion to give you back what was rudely robbed from you. A life of a blessed and revered public servant who never dodged evil and wore a uniform and badge without a doubt of tarnish. Mr. Pearsall tarnished Dade County and his family for committing the unspeakable of disgusting actions against dedicated and deserving leadership and authority.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 17, 2020
Sacrifice is ultimately rewarded and certainly blessed in multitudes by God Himself. You were that polished diamond, Officer Cook, so flawless and tireless in your energies to save Dade County from further undue harm. All who don a badge and a uniform sacred to their unassuming passions have this focal responsibility to serve the causes justly,profoundly and truthfully. Good character and loyal commitment should never takes one's tenacity astray. You my neighbor, friend and hero built bridges and foundations to survive forever when challenging times seem to torment our community. It was and always will be your home and community where virtue and vigilance were ever present. Rest in peace. Sanctity,nobility, sanity and civility are very serious matters to be taken with more than a grain of salt. You'll forever be missed and poignantly saluted for bravery above and beyond the calls of duty.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 17, 2020
Roses in full bloom have that special scent so heavenly. What has a decent fragrance is the quiet and safety all venues demand. What the citizens have come to expect and they received nothing but quality service from you, Officer Cook, all humble,honored and heroic. It's to be fondly remembered forevermore as your integrity,wit and persona stood humane during those violent episodes that tried to unravel health, hope and happiness on behalf of Dade County. A true warrior with a down home battling heart and a free spirit that surely is most missed by your family, colleagues and close acquaintances. My the sun shine down brighter on mankind as you rest in peace my neighbor,friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 17, 2020
Nothing is for certain. Nothing should be taken for granted. Everyday is Our Creator's gifts of joy and we hope harmony for society. You prospered and enhanced the total landscape of Dade County, Officer Cook, with the strictest of honor, respect and enduring dignity and heroic integrity. Never a greater sense of urgency than when you filtered in some resolving ferocity to add to your earthly journeys so humane, sacred and most noble. Angels are not forgotten for their wings of steel now circle around their loved ones forever as eternity has their special souls guarding those quiet gates of truth and trust. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 17, 2020
Whispers in the dark cannot be heard so loud and clear. What must be heeded is the advice to follow law enforcements protocols for obeying when instructed as to how to act. You held yourself, Officer Cook, in high regard and were respected by your peers as a hard working and most dignified young man while patrolling in and around Dade County as all heroes must. Your memories remain as your family and fellow officers proudly carry on your sacred legacy of truth and trust. Evil somehow must be redirected where its harm on humanity won't surely be felt. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Our skies above have angels heroic, regal and resolute all God has to do its keep careful over their reverent souls of justice and passion.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 17, 2020