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Police Officer William Coleman Cook

Metro-Dade Police Department, Florida

End of Watch Wednesday, May 16, 1979

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Reflections for Police Officer William Coleman Cook

Wickedness is the jekyll and hyde that fools around with the integrity and honor of mankind. So to counteract that all men and women of law enforcement must be accountable and be able to stay dignified having their integrity first and foremost preserve the quality of life. A career, Officer Cook, carved out by courage and careful contemplation before acting as heroically as you always did representing Dade County as a man and leader whose scruples, morals and principles were A plus. Humanity benefited from your trails of justice, truth and the safe havens each of us was given. Authority is something to be whoned, preached and talked about daily taking nothing for granted. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 27, 2019

The conduit of courage is character. The condiments of commitment and conviction lie in one's own relevant honesty, dignity and integrity. Always so loyal and trusted, always faithful and dependable. It's exactly what you did, Officer Cook, to serve and protect Dade County and its people from undue harm and strife. You battled until the end launching yourself at an evil man to stop his domestic violence aimed at you and your comrades and the civilians where your heroism, resolve and missions were rightfully displayed. Humility equals sanctity and civility all by your loving and esteemed soul of serenity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 27, 2019

Remorse can slowly help to heal a wound. Violence and evil form a terrible twosome and only the good senses of someone so devoted and vigilant has at least the opportunity to slow down its advances. It was a sad and tragic day when you were taken, Officer Cook, never a doubt. But, your heroism and integrity stood will with your dignity pursuing peace and unity for Dade County, a place you and Karen called home. Twenty-five years of endeavor and every bit of energy expended to try and overtake a madman bent on nothing but sinister trouble. You did your job and with character and conviction saved your partner and colleagues from a worser disaster. God has your soul in His palms for safekeeping and for blessing those who have succeeded you. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 26, 2019

Regret cannot be taken back. But, resolve is always a good tool to be used wisely. Your mannerisms, Officer Cook, accentuated your hunts for stability and peace here in Dade County and the fact that you were a loyal and most faithful comrade lent its credence to your surviving the rigors of patrolling a community. So humble and heroic, yet a man of his bond whose integrity, character and dignity made up a very virtuous life and career that Our Savior has both blessed and rewarded. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 26, 2019

Terror, torment and turmoil are tough to tame at times even fore the most honorable, heroic and humane of public servants. The citizens of Dade County are there to assist police in their daily efforts and surely you fine and outstanding work, Officer Cook, won't ever be forgotten. A warrior of welcome decency, desire and dignity all combining their total forces to combat wanton and unrelenting violence. You'll be fondly remembered, Officer Cok, for being stoic, stellar and sterling. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 26, 2019

Wisdom is honesty and humility doubly personified. And when combined with humane and heroic dignity and integrity it all makes one's character that much defined. Your charisma and candor, Officer Cook, helped Dade County get past its problems. We may never know why your life and career had to end suddenly at age 25 with hopes and goodwill still left behind to benefit humanity. Humble people know how to treat nature, how to serve and protect the quality of life. Our safe havens, secure passages were founded on your loyal affirmation and surely nothing interfered with that except for that very sad day when you sacrificed your immortal soul for enhancement. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 26, 2019

Grief strikes at the heart and soul of beloved families who bravely worry about their loved ones' safety. Someone must go on and serve the public as this was your goal, Officer Cook and nothing was ever going to deter or undermine your pursuits. Wickedness wanders into a venue and now honesty, humility and a gentle dignity and integrity must be prepared to fortify its passions endeavoring to head off sheer mayhem. You performed your roles with brilliant wisdom, vision so clear and with a consideration while working through heat and other various elements that cannot keep a good man down. Eternity has an angel, yourself, Officer Cook, seeing down and watching over your fellow officers who now must serve with honor, diligence and all character. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 25, 2019

Dear and so near, your heroic career and life, Officer Cook, was a basis for battling evil here in Dade County. Sometimes a tall mountain to climb with so much adversity and violence meandering and threatening the stability that liberty and unity bring. So thoughtful and energetic, your crusades have always been cherished and duly honored for installing some level of enrichment and endearment for all mankind. The goodwill of a hero never goes unnoticed. You remain a man whose legend stood for resolve and reverence, only your unselfish actions prevented a more severe calamity that sad day. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 25, 2019

Meticulation is maturity's best tool when trying to patrol, protect and preserve the quality of life. A gallant and honorable young man as you were, Officer Cook, a hero to so many people, your loving family is always the reason for why you decided to become a police officer after careful contemplation and consultation with your parents, sister and Karen who knew what you wanted to become. Integrity and dignity are the constant appliances that assist acumen and awareness when battling the consistent pangs of painstaking violence. You made Dade County and its citizens matter and valor always validates a fruitful life of purpose. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero of humility and sanctity.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 25, 2019

No matter the time or place, fierceness and ferocity must be focused in on violence and evil. You must display honesty and respectful dignity and integrity when authority accentuates peaceful pursuits in any given community. Dade County was where you left behind a huge impression though a gaping hole of pain and sorrow for your family who mourned your untimely death during your duty on behalf of the residents and humanity. By staying humble, loyal and humanely vigilant, Officer Cook, your heroic legacy has only been enhanced forever. Eternity has your soul of immortal intuition, ingenuity and the unwavering vision and wisdom to have sifted through danger and awful peril to save lives. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 25, 2019

Life and length of our days depends upon where God takes our destinies all by His divine design. A different pattern for every citizen and a new look and purpose daily. The hopes of Dade County rested on your wings of leadership, honesty and the virtual authority to maintain justice, trust, truth and law and order. Picking up and going from one domain to another just to broker a kindred spirit of goodwill is surely never just a walk in the park. You put your life and career, Officer Cook, in perspective in terms of persevering throughout stress and duress which requires the skills of wisdom and heroism while keeping calm and collected with your humbleness of integrity and dignity by your side. Remembered for excellence in character, conviction and commitment. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 24, 2019

Sifting through peril takes a mighty brave individual. You must be a cut above the rest in honor, dignity and the respect afforded one who has integrity. The character and commitment, Officer Cook, never waned, never lacked and was never lethargic. Always common sense, no complacency, no dodging trouble. That's why Dade County , your family and comrades of courage have saluted you, a man adored and beloved by everyone. Only proper conduct, politeness and courtesies afforded to those who you watched over. That special and unique place in heaven is reserved for angels, valiant and stoic, resolute and efficient. You will always be very much missed and very much on the minds of those who felt your positive impacts and impressions upon humanity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 24, 2019

Accidents injure and at times they take innocent lives. Terror and torment destroy the very fabric that honor and integrity breed upon as well as dignity and character. The evil winds that blew into Dade County on May 16, 1979, were handled by you, Officer Cook, a consummate professional, caring, concerned and most considerate. What would it have taken for Mr.Pearsall to just surrender and make things easier for himself and the community where your life and comrades would not have been harmed and where you gave your soul for a sense of serenity and safety ? Only God and time one day will sort all those questions and their answers. You constructed heroism and versatility in all your accomplished never to be forgotten and always solemnly memorialized. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 24, 2019

Waiting rather than acting only allows wickedness and its wheels to trample over mankind. Dade County and its citizens depended upon your superb skills and talents, Officer Cook, to see them through unrelenting violence. The eyes of God looked at your honesty, integrity and dignity and it was Our Creator transporting your outstanding character to those hills and mountains high atop our universe where your heroic and blessed name remains cherished and worldly respected as you were a most venerable and virtuous gentleman of the highest forms of tenacity and valor. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 24, 2019

To reach for the stars is a pretty ambitious goal. Suffice it to say, Officer Cook, building a sounder and more secure future was one of many building blocks and the foundations whose cornerstones you would eventually lay down on behalf of Dade County and humanity as a whole. You gave the people life and liberty, prosperity and the serenest of moments. Never far from our minds and hearts, surely your loving family remembers your heroism and ideals, all spread within your graceful wings now keeping your spirit and gentle soul of compassion aloft. Those who have character see challenges as an act of God in protecting our stability and if not for a loyal and most admired young man then no telling what more evil would have transpired that awfully sombering day. Badge#1664 relayed resolve, resiliency and confident resourcefulness to every nook and cranny in your community that upholds your sacred legacy. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 24, 2019

Sinister individuals are floating around our society looking to usurp our happiness and peace that most cherished, loyal and honorable public servants look to deliver. Your smile, Officer Cook, says it all. You were a happy young man so gallant and yet your humane and humble because of the responsible job that you had. Policing takes every bone, every ounce of strategy, every bit of one's backbone and clear and concise wisdom, vision and certainly maturity. Clarity of character, the constraints of commitment to morals and the fabrics of ferocity all constituting your navigations around Dade County. A man and a hero whose legacy represents authentic leadership and the motivation to assist other comrades through thick and thin, through danger and peril. One soul, yours, Officer Cook, that surely made that impression many decades ago and is forever being saluted and paid great homage for service, sacrifice and for enhancing the balances of nature. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 24, 2019

If to forgive is divine, then there is surely a lot to pardon. Violence does not forgive,it does not pardon as it interrupts the normalcy of life and our journeys of joy and good health. Those missions and travels belonged to you as well, Officer Cook and tragically they curtailed your life and most promising police career headed upward. Six coveted years of loyal,faithful and humanely dedicated protection of Dade County with never a problem, never misconduct, only functioning by the highest of standards of ethics and effort. Honesty, bravery, reverence for your position and the integrity and dignity to follow through on eliminating evil and terror. Colleagues, friends and your heroic peers of justice, truth and trust have paid homage to your soul of decency and devotion all these decades later. Never forgotten. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 24, 2019

We try to drum into our children the need to be honest and dignified, possess character and accomplish some goal in life. You surely never disappointed your family, Officer Cook. You went high and low, far and wide to become the very best police officer that there was heroically servicing all Dade County. We salute and remember your unwavering, unassuming and unselfish sacrifice that has benefited mankind all from the heart of a treasured and most respectful gentleman of gallantry and humbleness. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 24, 2019

Excruciating is the pain, grief, agony, anguish and sorrow. The sudden loss of an honored hero, a man on mission of many journeys whose destinies took him from California to the Sunshine State to grow and experience life as a youngster with many friends and most importantly: two wonderfully devoted and loving parents. Your big sister, Nancy and you, Officer Cook, shared a home of decorum, morals and the right fabrics of character, class, decency and the lessons of integrity and dignity which surely served you well during your six year police career and during your short twenty-five year life. Lives ruined by your untimely loss, Officer Cook. Lives of your relatives moving forward with your legacy carrying its proud and humbly humane weight. They all miss you and your big old wide smile and handsome face. God has your immortally unselfish soul moving from place to place guarding those heavenly gates of valor. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 23, 2019

Meaningful morals and mettle are surely no mirage. The more any public servant is dignified and honorable the more likelihood success will be achieved. A career and life dictated by scruples and serious integrity chartered your waters of resolve, Officer Cook. Dade County persevered because of your unending desire to calm and shutdown the epicenter of evil and its associated violence. Your family celebrates your memory and life of sacrifice all because you, Officer Cook, their "Uncle Bo," was humble, beloved and most cherished. Yo call a plumber to fix a drain. You notify an electrician to fix an outlet. Police are called to resolve and solve conflicts. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Time determines our lots in life, so we had best get a move on. Diligence is rewarded and vigilance is blessed beyond.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 23, 2019

Those demons of doom and evil encircle us at all moments. They'll never subside until honest and intuitive men and women such as yourself, Officer Cook, destroy their every movement. Boy oh boy was Dade County fortunate they had your total esteem, loyalty and heroic actions of honesty, dignity and integrity shielding them for sure danger. Terror and torment, turmoil and a complete lack of regard for morals, ideals and values surely factor into determining our very outcomes. We cannot begin to relax nor sleep at night if not for your unselfish sacrifice and the harmony and joy you brought to our community yours too, Officer Cook, were the values of virtues and diligence were shared in your loving house. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. A deserving hero whose soul is being blessed and rewarded for uncompromising resiliency and tenacious resolve.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 23, 2019

Destiny sometimes has no boundaries as it can be limitless. Always a relentless warrior and a hero who saved Dade County, its people and your comrades, Officer Cook, what more can be asked of a man of meticulous honor, reverence for integrity and respectful dignity? Society has gaged your gallantry and measured your priceless pursuits of peace and unity, Officer Cook, all by your stellar character and very engaging commitment to pride and excellence in the fields of virtue and ferocity while your resolve and resourcefulness was trustworthy and true to form in battling the likes of terror and wickedness. You won't be forgotten and always saluted demonstrative care and consideration for humanity. Goodwill to be warmly received by Our Heavenly Father upon your sacred journey back to heaven. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 23, 2019

Dirt, a tear and blood on a uniform so long as one devoted servant lives you can thank your lucky stars that Our Creator was watching over you. God watched and observed you, Officer Cook, every moment ,so humble and honest, dignified and full of humanely heroic integrity spread over the boundaries and corridors of Dade County serving with unlimited acumen, unwavering vision and undying maturity way beyond the crowd. Character so precious and full of virtues, just why did you have to be taken so early in life Officer Cook with more left to fulfill? Our Master's box of boldness, bravery and never false bravados lies in Your home where pristine and perfection float like angels. Never far from anyone's minds, rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. You took hold and as a born leader showed why motivation and devotion are some of those sacred keys to success.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 23, 2019

Grit and gumption are commendable so long as honor, dignity and integrity validify your pursuits of happiness and hopeful tranquility for those you serve.You preserved with passion,served with heroism and protected Dade County's citizens with nothing but pride and endearment, Officer Cook. God has your treasured soul of eloquence nestled among His flock of fearless servants for eternal safekeeping. You possessed character in your crusades, justice on your journeys and wisdom welcoming your humble vision. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 23, 2019

Dignity does not lie in a dungeon. It lies on hills, streets and wherever a brave servant leaves nothing to chance and lays down their lives for prosperity, safe travels and a securer future which is what you did to honor Dade County, your parents, sister, Karen, your beloved wife who has never forgotten your smile and richness of your endearing personality. A hero who strived to perform his duties with class and determination, such fierceless dedication and the humility to see honesty and integrity until its missions had satisfied all folks. Honore dfo rstoic and stellar conviction, excellent character and the commitment to humbleness while at time sunder both stress and duress. Police work keeps you busy when peril,danger and violence lurk in our land. You were the very best, Officer Cook. A grand man with God now directing your angelic trails of trust and truth in heaven the perfect final venue to rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. You bolstered everyone's spirits with your heroism and compassionate intensity.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 23, 2019

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