Metro-Dade Police Department, Florida
End of Watch Wednesday, May 16, 1979
Reflections for Police Officer William Coleman Cook
Born to run. Bred to be brave and humble. Nothing but honesty and respect for mankind and their dignity and integrity came from your immortal soul, Officer Cook. Dade County and their folks were solidly protected and served during your heroic tenure. Tenacity and ferocity were the ingredients that brought sounds of serenity and peace to our community that salutes your incisive decisions. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 23, 2019
Research helps uncover so many newer facts. Solutions to most problems may seem a bit difficult and yet if one pours the effort in the circumstances can be handled. Your goodwill and faith, Officer Cook, led a resurgence in Dade County and now your hero demeanor won't ever go down without a salute and honors of homage being paid to your soul of safe trips. Your integrity and dignity helped to keep us sheltered from harm, you are one of Our Master's many angels of valor whose countless deeds of serenity and nobility won't be put away and never remembered. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Keep watching over your loved ones, friends and colleagues of truth and trust. Yours never wavered and never dodged peril.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 22, 2019
2020 will be soon around the corner. A man full of life and the joyful spirit of life should be alive and well celebrating your family happenings. Officer Cook, your life was taken so viciously and so wantonly. Dade County where you lived and were most heroic won't be overlooked. Neither will your honesty, integrity and strength of your unassuming dignity which goes to your character and commitment. Resolve and resourcefulness made your efficiency much more endearing. Always a most faithful and dedicated gentleman to be poignantly saluted. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 22, 2019
One transports their tenacity throughout a particular region to bring about changes in serenity and the sanctity of life. The challenges of life were dutifully handled during your career, Officer Cook and it brought everything that Our Lord implanted within your concerned and very giving heart and soul.A mind to think, lungs used to take in air, safety and security delivered admirably and most responsibly. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Dade County does not and shall not those who gave the ultimate sacrifice to lay down cornerstones of enhancement for generations to come. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. The legacy of your soul, Officer Cook, always follows the treks and trails of your peers and devoted family members.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 22, 2019
Unity is the vehicle to freedom and liberty and it cannot be tinkered with ever. Forever your dreams and aspirations, Officer Cook, have served to become our inspirations. Dade County was your community where your heroism and honesty protected our tranquility. It was the lessons of humility and sanctity which lie under the cross of your grave to be saluted for integrity and wholesome character. You will always be so revered, admired and respected for undying acumen and awareness. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 22, 2019
Death separates, it does not divide. Your soul, Officer Cook, will reunite with all your loved ones many decades from now when their earthly missions are yours are deemed as finished. To take one man's humility and courage from under their honor, dignity and integrity is quite inhumane. You remain a hero for all Dade County and it will be about your unwavering character, humble convictions and remarkable resolve. It helps mettle and morals function very excellently indeed. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 22, 2019
Today the skies are a little bleary and yet your honor and bravery, Officer Cook, won't be forgotten. Dade County was saved more harm and because of your dignified and heroically humble actions can we forever function and travel down more peaceful roads. Serenity in society is the very work of esteemed and loyal sisters and brothers fighting violence with all their souls and hearts. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Your unselfish character and commitment succeeded in brokering goodwill and a devotion like no other.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 22, 2019
Gregarious, yet humbly stoic. Gallant and humanely heroic. All your grand character and commitment to values, Officer Cook, offered you the hopes and inspirations to successfully defend Dade County. The hero of honor and dignity whose bright soul of integrity spoke calmly and matter of factly. That day, Officer Cook, May 16,1979 will not be overshadowed, forgotten nor overlooked for your normal pursuits of peace and happiness while trying to stay the course going after a troubled man whose terror unleashed its vicious bone sof brazen and cowardly actions. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 21, 2019
Delivery and style don't win points. What makes or breaks one's life and career and the safety of the public they serve are a person's diligence , dignity and honorable integrity. You had all those characteristics, Officer Cook,to see your missions and journeys of serenity through until violence's face took you from your beloved family and colleagues. A great man, a hero with a fighting spirit of undaunted unselfishness laying it all down for Dade County. Heaven is that perfect domain where heroes and heroines who have sacrificed their values for ingenuity and humility to keep other esteemed and brave women and men above board in their central duties. You'll always be greatly missed, Officer Cook and never forgotten. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 21, 2019
The sights and sounds of peace for Dade County and your community, Officer Cook, were ably and capably placed on your broadest of shoulders. The feeling of harmony and its dignity so poignantly carried out within the standards and regulations of your department forevermore. Integrity, honor and loyalty never forgotten and only etched deeply within the souls and hearts of your family, comrades and close friends of which there were many because of unwavering truth, trust and hope that exuded from your fearless being. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Day by day your spirit and its soul do soar higher than ever. As you continue walking your beat above please keep watching over us and your beloved family. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Silence can be too much to bear, the harsh reality of a young life lost and taken heinously too soon. There was more devotion, dedication and determination left on those horizons to greet your smile everyday.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 21, 2019
Heroics is not just a history lesson. Resolve. Resiliency and resourcefulness are not just remote. They are not reinvented. What they were and always will be, Officer Cook, are the stories of your life and honored and humble public service career reaching out to people here in Dade County. Coexisting in safety, security and a semblance of serenity , your character and commitment to morals and mettle saw humility and sanctity dealt to a base of folks just needing some compassion and trust. God now has all of your traits and your truthful soul back home alongside of your beloved parents to be cradled in His palms of pristine vision and perfectly clear and concise wisdom. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 21, 2019
A genuine peacekeeper who Dade County and its citizens relied on to serve and protect the public's goodwill and hope, your bright eyes, Officer Cook, keep on shining quite clearly in God's fortresses of valor and tradition. The scopes of honesty, integrity and character continue to be most blessed by virtue of your stamina and acumen. All positively accentuated on liberty and the pursuits of freedom and joy. Heroism that gets saluted at all moments as you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 21, 2019
With a big old bright smile that could capture an audience, your flights of ferocity over Dade County, Officer Cook, most memorable, honorable and respectable assisted in allowing peace and quality of life to be obtained freely by one and all. Never again and that's the sad part of never seeing you with family, peers and friends who all watched a brave young gentleman of such refined character make a humble commitment to virtues and ideals. Our society looks to live under the shelters of harmony but when something so sacred is usurped and trampled upon someone must act with respect and swiftness. Your heroic actions, Officer Cook, tried to conclude one nasty man's rage and now Our Creator has uplifted your spirit to a higher plateau where heroic angels fly. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 21, 2019
Bridges of boldness may never come down. Boldness and humility build those very cornerstones of a man's servitude and his fortitude to tenacity. Fearless and dignified, Dade County was placed in a test and you, Officer Cook, acted with heroism and resolve to try and settle a nasty domestic incident between a man and his girlfriend. At least honesty and integrity sure attempted to deflate his deranged mind and only God knows why He needed to take your loyal soul back to heaven. A perfect compliment of courage and character combined with conviction and commitment to quality. Saluted and fondly remembered. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 21, 2019
Faith preserves goodwill and hope that a peaceful society will one day be forever lasting. Only your bravery and honor, Officer Cook, helped glue unity and dignity into the hearts and souls of Dade County and its residents. For being a humble hero who ascribed to virtues and vision may your soul of serenity and humanity rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Character endears in the heavens above and for truly being a truthful man of God and a mature young man will the angels hover over us watching our journeys and missions take flight.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 21, 2019
Kind and resourceful. Fair and honest. You were a good man, Officer Cook, a hero of Dade County whose pedigrees of perseverance and proficiency were right there to aid in the causes of justice firmly doled out. Your young life had more to share and care about, Our Master needed your sweet and poignant soul more to walk that heavenly beat. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 20, 2019
No matter the tragedy when one man or woman falls any entire nation of public servants does too. Your missions and hopes, Officer Cook, accounted for Dade County's grace. gallantry and humility doubly rewarded and blessed by Our Chief Warrior Himself. Your humble honor, dignity and integrity rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero in God's palms of perfection as an angel forevermore.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 20, 2019
The bells of bravery and boldness sound loudest for you, Officer Cook, all heart and dedicated soul who rescued Dade County from peril that day and every moment of your life and watch. heroism and honor led your grit and gumption down those paths of integrity and the commitment to excellent character. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 20, 2019
Trustworthy and deliberate, all the measures of mettle and morals accentuated, Officer Cook, in your hunt for tranquility here in Dade County. No man or woman, heroic enough to battle evil shall be overlooked, only respected for honesty, integrity and dignity's letters of devotion. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 20, 2019
Resolve and peace by your heroically honorable embraces, Officer Cook. Dade County and its people were loyally protected by character, a clear mind and a dignity heart of integrity. Always missed and heavenly rewarded for effort and tenacity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 20, 2019
Happy is the man who reveres his folks. Your humble and most heroic soul, Officer Cook, has been blessed and eternally nurtured for its dignity and integrity. Your character has too been saluted for serving Dade County with esteem and desire. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 20, 2019
Integrity assures one thing, that honor and dignity will be present and all accounted for when crucial times demand such measures. Your career and youth never wavered, Officer Cook. Heroic and humane all sent throughout Dade County to upset the wheels of wickedness and never a shirk. Compassionate and caring, your faithfulness and loyalty are humbleness bestowed upon an angel. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 19, 2019
Most honorable individuals have a unique sense of respect, reverence and a most refreshing candor. It's clear, Officer Cook, you had a smile, charm and a persona to match humbly with your all out effort, integrity and dignity. The wars continue today as you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero and we will keep tabs on those who continue to demonstrate true heroic character in all their days. You started a foundation of hope, goodwill and a spirit so passionate, we the people at least ought to offer you a salute for bravery and boldness under pressure.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 19, 2019
Age and skill don't compete with each other. A man of solid character, honesty and dignity all in all battling for a clear conscience and for his community in Dade County. A life of richness and loyalty, Officer Cook, never overlooked and always there to assist others through peril and worse. Heroes receive their rewards and blessings upon their immortal souls from Our Lord. One day all those journeys and missions you undertook willingly as your profession will be greeted one by one from family members who all yearn to see you again,Officer Cook. Mr. and Mrs. Cook, my neighbors and friends may you all rest in peace along with your most beloved, cherished and heroic son.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 19, 2019
A crumb of bread that feeds a duck, a spark of fire that can destroy an entire region. Ferocity from terror unleashes a load of violence and even the good and primed servants cannot always tame. But, yet, your honesty, respect for mankind and integrity provided the glimpse of hope and goodwill for all Dade County. Humane and truthful, always cherished and poignantly saluted. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Character, commitment and conviction are God's only versions of clear transparency.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 19, 2019