Metro-Dade Police Department, Florida
End of Watch Wednesday, May 16, 1979
Reflections for Police Officer William Coleman Cook
A legend of a man, a hero as you humbly and honorably were to your family, department and Dade County, Officer Cook, your dignity, integrity and excellent character serves today as a learning curve for all future women and men who don a crisp uniform of virtue, vision and wisdom. You'll forever be saluted and solemnly remembered for being a wonderful son, brother, uncle, great-uncle and for being esteemed, loyal and unselfish when danger faced us. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 18, 2023
The destinies of mankind are dependent upon many traits and factors. Obviously, having good common sense, humble and heroic honesty within your blood vessels where dignity, integrity and loyal character were forevermore an esstential part of your professional make up, Officer Cook, as you protected and served Dade County. A gentleman whose legend grows now in heaven as your family carries with unwavering and unselfish enhancement your sacred missions forward. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 17, 2023
The sources of a sacred life and career are the devotion and dedication to honor, integrity, character and dignity of which you had, Officer Cook, all heroically displayed every watch over the citizens of Dade County a community where you were revered, respected and highly diligent in your duties of wisdom and virtue. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 16, 2023
You carried your duties, your squad and community with honesty, humility, heroism and the heart of a lion, Officer Cook. Dade County and its residents are indebted to you for your complete service featured by the eyes and wings of integrity,character, commitment and above all despite clear danger and violence that very fateful day dignity was flowing in the filters of your soul, spirit and blood that sedcured peace, liberty and freedom for humanity to continue its purposes. Your sacred missions and journeys were everlasting and now for eternity will be solemnly remembered and saluted for their true valor, diligence and the trustworthiness of a devout and quite humbly outstanding public servant. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. You deserved to live on Our Lord must have needed you sheltered in His wings of to watch over your family and those who don the uniform and badge of serenity and sacred virtue as you steadfastly maintained throughout your righteous life and most efficient career.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 15, 2023
Nothing but honesty, diligence and the clear and precise precepts of perseverance, dignity and integrity carrying you, Officer Cook, heroically through your young life and career sacrificed for the goodwill and safety of all Dade County and its people. You'll remain cherished and saluted for your valued life of heart, character and the humility that you brought toyour beloved parents, sister and wife. Your family moves forward everyday with your humble legacy shaddowing theirevery trail and path of truth and trust. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 15, 2023
Forgetting heroes and heroines is akin to honor, dignity and integrity heaven forbid being disrespected and nothing, Officer Cook, will ever tarnish your legacy, blessed and most legendary name of ingenuity and true convictions which you spread throughout your beloved Dade County community where esteem,loyalty and character were the virtues of your bravery and humane compassion toward mankind. Our freedom and movements all running through the channels of your unwavering and most huimbly unselfish heart, soul and spirit that God is forever watching over. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Trust and consideration always dedications, devotion and decency's partners in this seemingly never ending battle over violence, hatred and heinous evil. You made the ultimate sacrifice and now your family continues their lives with your blessed memory in their thoughts and hearts as they live on and perpetuate your peerseverance, endeavor and resourceful proficiency.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 14, 2023
Angels of valor, wisdom and honor are exulted in heaven's perfect skies where Our Creator watches every moment over their beloved souls of dignity,integrity,virtue and character. Yours, Officer Cook, protected and preserved the validity and quality of life here in Dade County to be reverently saluted and paid homage to. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. The character of your outstanding commitment and trustworthy convictions of truth and humility stand for your unselfish, unending and unwavering heart and a yearning soul. We will never forget what badge#1664 represented.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 14, 2023
Meant to say succinctly connected to one another, Officer Cook. Your young life and career serving Dade County will forever be solemnly remembered and saluted for their honor, integrity and dignity so humbly heroic, blessed and extending the wings of your excellent character throughout your beloved community. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. True trust and unselfish humility that are angelically patrolling the pearly gates of heaven.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 13, 2023
Dignity, integrity and heroic honesty follow down the trails of truth and trust when character, commitment and conviction are succinctly connectly to each other. Your faithfulness, Officer Cook, blessed acumen and wisdom were just so humanely superb and the tragedy of losing you while you were performing your sacred duties on behalf of Dade County's people only enlarges the scope and values that are implanted forever in your legacy of which you family endeavors to follow in. Never forgotten and always loyally saluted for the vehicles of versatility, vigilance and dependability. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 13, 2023
The control panels of character, heart and heroic courtesy were forever dignified, honorable and humbly blessed by integrity and humanely loyal commitments to excel. Dade County was where your battles,Officer Cook, were furious and filled with tenacity. We salute the heart and soul of a warrior whose passion and wisdom led your trails and paths of truth, trust and perseverance. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 12, 2023
Rest in peace Officer my neighbor, friend and hero. Integrity, dignity,character and honor so humbly blessed, most heroic serving the citizens of Dade County. A solemn man of faith and determination whose heart, soul and spirit shall be forevermore saluted.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 11, 2023
A shield of honesty, dignity and integrity patrolling the Dade County community with everlasting purpose and passion. You, Officer Cook, were the consummate hero who shall be honored and saluted for your wisdom, character that was humbly blessed and esteemed and commitment that was affixed upon the grounds of gallantry, effort and loyalty that surely has been missed as has your family who continues your legacy going forward in their hearts and souls of security, safety and enhancement. A man on a mission to quell whatever needed it and a gentleman whose professional conduct and attributes was well ahead of the field. Heaven has a most beloved angel of accomplishment, true and trustworthy trails and paths of proficient yearning never forgotten. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. All 5'8'' and 160 pounds of your talented and humane being was supremely diligent and highly resourceful. A vigilant public servant of care, consideration, devotion, kindness and dedication.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 10, 2023
Just like your mom may she and your dad rest in peace along with you my neighbor, friend and hero, Officer Cook, such a refined young man with more humble and honored missions ahead. God must have needed another angel to watch over his family and beloved Dade County community where you provided dignity, integrity and heroic character and very much needed loyal and esteemed commitment to always be saluted for virtue, wisdom and vision.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 9, 2023
Violence is the vicious animal that does not stop at attacking society's core. Public servants are men and women trained and prepared to deal with any situation, issue or dilemma that may surface. You went out daily, Officer Cook, to make peace for everyone living in and around Dade County. A gentleman well groomed, well spoken and very well versed in humility and having a heart and soul of both integrity and dignity that came about through your upstanding and outstanding actions of ferocity and tenacity. We the citizen could know our sense of pride and purposeful directions because of all your unassuming, unselfish and unwavering acts of enrichment and enhancement never to be forgotten and saluted for having the aptitudes of virtue, wisdom and vision so versatile and yet so morally sacred . Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Journeys and missions on behalf of mankind undertaken with faithfulness, resourcfulness and blessed endeavor.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 8, 2023
Learned but humbly loyal, your sacred crusades, Officer Cook, were solely directed upon the goodwill of the residents of Dade County ofwhom you protected quite heroically, honorably and with a comprehension of everything carved in the solemn words of character, dignity and integrity. One cannot battle and give their all without any of these important traits for if there is one small flaw then violence, danger and wickedness can just continue to negatively overtook a community and you saw to our very peace, liberties and abilities to fulfill our missions of which yours will be saluted as your legacy grows each and everyday. May Our Maker shelter you and your unselfish heart and soul forever under His wings of compassion and perfection as you walk your beat above. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. A man of his word whose true convictions, commitments and professional conduct were all humanely consummate and considerate.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 8, 2023
Direction and detail are for those who are dedicated to their profession of which you were, Officer Cook, honorably and most heroically as a public servant whose resourcefulness scoured every nook and cranny of Dade County. Integrity, dignity and character make up an essential part of a man or woman's drive. Our tranquility came through your trails and paths cherished and esteemed. A loyal man who persevered through danger and whatever else you faced. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 7, 2023
Slow to anger and of great kindness, you were a man bestowed, Officer Cook, with a heroically honest heart and decent soul that served and protected the folks of Dade County with a humane and loyal sense of pride, esteem and virtue. The sacred pieces of perseverance, dignity and integrity made your outstanding character that much more adoring and beloved by your family, colleagues of the past and by an entire police world who mourned your untimely loss because of one man's revolting disrespect and cowardly heinousness towards authority. May God shine His countenance upon your spirit and soul of dedication, truth and trust forevermore as you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 7, 2023
Prevalent in proficiency, perseverance and pride can never let any good and decent public servant go astray at least for nine out of ten men and women who wear a symbolic and yet sacred badge of integrity, character, courage and honored commitment. You achieved, Officer Cook, by serving Dade County with your undivided attention to details, morals and valid principles which created and delivered a real and truthfully trusted sense of serenity, stability and freedom for all humanity never to be forgotten. We salute your wisdom, smile and sense of virtue and vision which now is your heroic legacy for others to follow in. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 6, 2023
Security, serenity and safety are essential to the public's welfare. You supplied the honorable and most dignified of resources, Officer Cook, to protect Dade County and its residents from violence. Integrity, reverence and character were consummate and trusted beyond any shadow of doubt. Your heart and heroic soul will forever be solemnly remembered and saluted for their desire, dedication and loyal determination. Such a true warrior and a man of faith who strengthened the bonds of humanity and mankind which misses you very dearly. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Humbleness and blessings carry your loved ones as they make that endeavor to move forward with your legacy.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 5, 2023
The salt of the earth and a serene young man girded in honesty, dignity and integrity, Officer Cook, Dade County was where your heroic life and career began and tragically ended because of one crazed man. Senseless and heinous, yet your character, class, decency and dedication were the consummate ingredients of hope, faith and goodwill for all whom you protected. We salute you for bravery, boldness, wisdom and sacred virtue demonstrated upon all your cherished and loyal earthly journeys. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 4, 2023
Your sincerest convictions, Officer Cook, delivered, created and forever implanted peace, stability and liberty for all to witness here in Dade County. A man still young and strong going toe to toe with a crazed madman and the sadness of your devoted and humble family and comrades losing you to this awful violence sends goosebumps down our spines. For your dignity, respect, class and character is surely being watched over by Our Creator. A devout and faithful gentleman loyal toall his duties giving his life and career for a noble mission poured forth with wisdom, virtue and a humanely humble and decent heart and soul. An angel protecting us from above. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 3, 2023
A gentleman born with heroically humble honor, a public servant persevering with his dignity, integrity and clutch character attached to his uniform of consistency, courage and conviction, it all made for a safer Dade County, Officer Cook, as you patrolled every corner and every sidestreet with precision accurancy, acumen and the determination that all who are deserving. Twenty-five years arenot all that long a time, perhaps the vile and despicable man who took you from this world should have thought long and hard before pulling his gun out and doing what he did. Officer Cook, you, Officer Keith DiGenova and Officers Robert Edgerton and Scott Lincoln your last partner deserve a lot of credit and for surviving as they did. God must have needed a true and trusted angel of virtue, wisdom and humbleness that now watches over us and your esteemed family as you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 2, 2023
The bread of affliction we consume daily as the fruits of your faithful and heroic fruition were loyalty accomplished each watch over Dade County, Officer Cook. A true man, a genuine gentleman born with class, dignity and integrity never ever to be forgotten. Always so sincere with a handsome smile and outstanding character, confident desire, trusted dedication toevery assignment that was placed on your professional agenda. Your actions and life represented morals and every breath of your unwavering and unselfish heart and soul of humbly blessed virtue and sacred missions that sprouted forth peace and stability for mankind tosolemnly remember and to salute a humane hero. An angel whose role is to walk that perfect beat in eternity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 2, 2023
You achieved, accomplished and despite your life and career, Officer Cook, being cut all too short were heroic, dignified and had integrity in all your humbly blessed actions that safeguarded the people of Dade County. The recipients of your virtuous resolve, resourcefulness and unselfish resiliency through effort and energy from your unwavering and undying heart and soul that cared and was most compassionate. You'll always be saluted for upstanding missions of goodwill, devotion and dedication spreadout among your beloved community where your name and legacy stay forevermore enshrined, imbedded and implanted within our lives and frontdoors where serenity and safety were your rightful journeys that enriched and were completely withinthe boundaries of honorable character, commitment and trusted intuition. The truth speaks now God has your angelic spirit to watch over us and your adoring family. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
August 1, 2023
Supurb morals, declarative dignity, honesty and integrity that was the excellence of your wisdom, virtue and valor, Officer Cook and it was heroism spelled out in true tenacity and trusted acumen, awareness and the sacred journeys of faith and resourcefulness poured forth that gave Dade County and its folks the opportunity at having stability and peace mounted within the frameworks of their homes. A person's castle should be of outstanding character, commitments to exceed expectations and the versatility of a real warrior who was unrelenting, unselfish and most humbly unwavering and never forgotten. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 31, 2023