Metro-Dade Police Department, Florida
End of Watch Wednesday, May 16, 1979
Reflections for Police Officer William Coleman Cook
Your duty, onus and responsibility, Officer Cook, was to heroically and honorably protect Dade County which you did so superbly and such an outstanding gentleman of integrity, dignity and character whose reverence never was sidetracked. Humanity and humility belonged in your heart, soul and spirit of wisdom, virtue and versatility that patrolled with alcarity and visibility. Never more pride and scruples demonstrated on a daliy basis and your family, peers and friends will always salute your loyal and esteem. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 13, 2022
Resolute and resilient, you were the humble and heroically blessed young man of honor, diligence and dignity, Officer Cook, who shed your courage and ideals to make Dade County a more serener area to prosper. Our safety and peace came about sadly through your ultimate sacrifice which has created a semblance of law and order for society to carry out its purposes in life and aspirations as you were a loyal and faithful servant full of heart and soul. We never forgot you and duly salute your maturity, virtue and wisdom. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 13, 2022
Dedication is not hesitation. It's devotion and the senses of honesty, integrity and dignity that led your trails of truth and trust, Officer Cook,heroically and humbly through Dade County. Your life and career ended on a very somber day that your family, colleagues and friends will never ever forget. A sacrifice of valor, vision and virtue given by a wise and mature man of thoughtful class,character and commitment to uplift and uphold the law and order so basic and essential to our freedoms, peace and prosperity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 12, 2022
Whether it's a turkey, ham or pizza being cared, sliced or cut, your unwavering, unselfish and tireless heart and soul, Officer Cook, has forever carved its legacy into the hearts and minds of every Dade County officer, citizen and your family of loyalty,embellishment and distinction for all that you accomplished during your relatively short life. Twenty-five years to make an important impression within humanity's wings of valor and virtue. Your devotion and dedication demonstrated true diligence and trusted vigilance where hope, faith and goodwill would never swerve off the paths of perseverance. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 12, 2022
Meant to say, Officer Cook, the word carved. Your stellar reputation, character, honesty and heart embellished what Dade County, your comrades and loving family knew about you, so refined and polite. Just wished that day Mr. Pearsall would have obeyed your commands and that of your fellow officers and just surrendered before all hell and chaos broke loose. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Respect and sincerity brought some semblance of harmony that has lasted today many decades after you gave your young life.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 11, 2022
Whether it's a turkey, ham or pizza being cared, sliced or cut, your unwavering, unselfish and tireless heart and soul, Officer Cook, has forever carved its legacy into the hearts and minds of every Dade County officer, citizen and your family of loyalty,embellishment and distinction for all that you accomplished during your relatively short life. Twenty-five years to make an important impression within humanity's wings of valor and virtue. Your devotion and dedication demonstrated true diligence and trusted vigilance where hope, faith and goodwill would never swerve off the paths of perseverance. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 11, 2022
I was just reading a story written by former Miami Herald columnist, Edna Buchanan. You, Officer Cook, Officer DiGenova and Officer Edgerton along with your last partner, Reserve Officer Scott Lincoln are forever heroes. Mr. Pearsall got his punishment for what he did to you my neighbor,friend and hero. A man of stoic values with a sterling reputation as a great human being and an excellent public servant who gave his heart and soul, your life to make Dade County and its folks more serene and safer. Your character, commitments and convictions are very much missed as does your adoring family miss you and will treasure your memory forever as they continue your trails and paths of true justice as you lived up to your sacred oath where vision, virtue and wisdom were uplifted and enriched everyday. Rest in peace Officer Cook. The world will never be the same without you and your beautiful smiling and handsome face.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 11, 2022
A savior of the people and a warrior for his department imparting all the intellect, intuition and ingenuity to his very fellow officers, it says a lot about you, Officer Cook. A gentleman and a true hero who lived and gave his life and career for his family, community and a plethora of peers who admired your honesty, dignity and integrity all polished and refined. Like a diamond everything was solid as was your courage and heart every time you went out to patrol Dade County. Our harmony and liberty all running through the very streams of true allegiance, fortitude never forgetting the trust and humbly blessed heart and soul of virtue and goodwill you maintained constantly. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 11, 2022
Honesty, integrity and dignity shall be the statues of law and order that truth and trustworthiness must rest their virtue, wisdom and vision upon . Your resolve, resiliency and resourcefulness, Officer Cook, heroically protected to the utmost the citizens of Dade County where your blessed, enriching and esteemed name shall forever be solemnly saluted and so fittingly be honored forevermore. As you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero it will be the your gratitude and tenacity that were your humble character, loyal commitment to excellence and pride and the intuitiveness of your hopeful and faithful convictions, journeys and missions undertaken to deliver our very tranquility and the essence of security and safe havens for all. Happiness,peace and prosperity to your family as they get ready to celebrate the holidays carrying forth your well lived and well thought out legacy of justice you willingly pursued on our very behalf.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 11, 2022
Humility, heart and soul are integrity, character and dignity's compassion of courage, caring and consideration of which, Officer Cook, you served and protected the loyal people of Dade County with all your heroic might. Today, over forty-three years later we salute with open arms your desire, virtue, wisdom and unwavering and unselfish decency, dedication and devotion as a truthful and as a most esteemed and trusted warrior. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Respect, resourcefulness and diligence assisted your trails,paths and treks of justice.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 10, 2022
A humbly blessed man of heroism and honor serving Dade County as you performed your sacred tasks, Officer Cook, you surely can't forget. Because when character, commitment, dignity and integrity are sacrificed for mankind our journeys then become clearer and serener by virtue of your wisdom and cherished heart and soul. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 9, 2022
A humbly blessed man of heroism and honor serving Dade County as you performed your sacred tasks, Officer Cook, you surely can't forget. Because when character, commitment, dignity and integrity are sacrificed for mankind our journeys then become clearer and serener by virtue of your wisdom and cherished heart and soul. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 9, 2022
The heart beats and the soul does its humane function keeping the spirit and being intact. You were the everpresent savior that had Dade County under your watchful eyes and ears. Such a pleasant and decent young man of honesty, dignity and integrity carrying out your earthly missionsof character, commitment and conviction all with a blessed truth and a trust now and forever rewarded above for being a hero complete with virtue, boldness and wisdom because of your kind and serene personality. They did not come any finer than you and your family, your colleagues of the past still remember you and keep you alive within their minds and hearts for protecting and saving them for such heinous adversity and giving the citizens a fighting chance at harmony and more enightened times. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 8, 2022
Dedicated, loyal and faithful, you'll always be fondly saluted and remembered, Officer Cook, for being your family, department and Dade County's hero of humility, heart and soul. With character, integrity and dignity your life and career was headed for more humble success. Our Maker must have required your virtue, wisdom and resourcefulness in His palace of effort, efficiency and perseverance. A servant so skilled yet so humane and adored. We will not forget you nor your esteemed family as they carry your legacy upward enhancing and enriching mankind's fruited plains. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 7, 2022
A gentleman gallant, giving and sincerely honorable whose heroism had spread throughout Dade County and the entire police nation. Officer Cook, you are forever saluted and humbly remembered as a genuinely respected public servant who protected your community with every ounce and fiber of heart, soul and character all the virtue and wisdom, maturity that has created an impression within the society's confines of courage, concern and consideration. Foundations of unwavering, unselfish and tireless dignity, integrity and faithfulness all true and trustworthy. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 6, 2022
Holidays bring happiness even though your absence, Officer Cook, brings sorrow to your family while they sit, relax and celebrate the holidays together they think of you and all the what ifs? Dade County was where everlasting consummation and courage were demonstrated heroically everyday it's our peace and serenity being transferred from your soul and wise heart to us and your adoring family. A man serving with conviction and integrity, dignifying mankind's humble and humane hope, goodwill and faithful character that our futures are a success. A good man taken too soon. Yet, a commitment to pride and excellence following the paths that were prescribed for you to lead others through. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 5, 2022
A most blessed angel of experience and energy with a considerate heart and a heroic soul that you utilized, Officer Cook, to humbly preserve the integrity, character and dignity of all Dade County residents. You can never go wrong when your constitution and intuition are stellar and loyal. Such a loss to your family and department that shook the entire world that saw a man of trust, truth and gratitude giving his career and life ordained to grow by leaps and bounds. Our Creator must have needed your wings of might and humbleness more in heaven though forever a man to be saluted and poignantly paid homage for intellect, vigilance and complete diligence. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 4, 2022
I hope to meet God willing Officer DiGenova soon, Officer Cook, your heroic friend, colleague and tennis partner.Life really is short if you ponder it and for your twenty-five years of heart, soul, character and commitment to exceed expectations by serving and protecting Dade County folks may your spirit angelic and virtuous be lifted up and cradled in Our Lord's arms of compassion forevermore. You were consummate, tireless in your professional efforts and were a man trusted and truthful, a gentleman with integrity and dignity strengthening your bonds of wisdom, vision and versatility. So beloved, esteemed and loyal, a truly humble and sacred man on a mission to preserve mankind's dreams and aspirations going forward. Your legacy, Officer Cook, serves as the springboard of fortune, hope, faithfulness and goodwill steaming upward as you watch over your extended family and comrades. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 4, 2022
Energy that enhanced. Endeavor that enriched and uplifted mankind, whatever you set your mind and heart to become, Officer Cook, turned out well except for you being taking by violence ending a life and career destined for more greatness while defending the citizens of Dade County. Your integrity, dignity, character and journeys were all sacred, humble and most heroic. We hold your memory close to our hearts and souls, such a handsome angel with a gregarious smile so very much missed by your family, comrades and acquaintances. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Respect, trust and truth carried great weight when providing us with security, serenity and safety to last for generations to come.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 3, 2022
A man of virtue validating his versatility with complete honesty, integrity and dignity. Dade County will never forget you, Officer Cook, so heroic, enhancing and most inspiring. All the essential elements of a life and career only starting to go upward. If God had allowed you more years of heart, soul and humility then more beloved and cherished flights of ferocity, trust and truth would have transpired. Heaven is where you walk your sacred beat patrolling with the same purpose and onus as you did so outstandingly while here with your family and colleagues, esteemed and loyal as you were. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 3, 2022
You were a superb man, Officer Cook and Dade County benefitted from your humble, honest and heroic service to them. Integrity and character, dignity and heart, soul and you'll always be a man looked up to as a champion for our rights and liberties which are never to be taken for granted. Commitment and ethics are seen as a dedicated partnership that enables society to thrive better. We salute you and miss you very much, especially your family and peers. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 2, 2022
Accolades are reserved for humble, honored and heroic public servants. A humble, loyal and a most humanely dignified young man trying to conquer evil while preserving peace and freedom for all Dade County. A life and career, Officer Cook, you exemplified by having moral character, integrity and the vision, wisdom and virtue to be most versatile. Your sacred journeys and missions of faithfulness, devotion and goodwill that is to be treasured and saluted forevermore. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 2, 2022
To give honor and to receive humble and heroic honor you understand what your purpose in life meant to this world. Yours, Officer Cook, meant everything to the good people of Dade County where your unselfish and tireless integrity, dignity and heart shielded us from turmoil and terror and provided a starting point for safety and security. A man of God devoted to his beloved family, wife and extended relatives, peers and friends all around our land. Your unassuming character excellent commitment and loyal convictions of both trust and truth shall be rewarded, blessed and saluted for having their humane virtue, wisdom and vision, a maturity unlike no other. A gentleman gallant and bold who exhibited kindness, warmth and a sincerely noble heart and soul. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero, our guardian angel forevermore. Was driving near where you sacrificed your young life for our humanity to carry your ideas, values and morals forward.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
December 1, 2022
Policing, patrolling, preserving and protecting the public, it was your persistence, perseverance and proficiency, Officer Cook, all heroically, all honorably and all dignity that led Dade County through the dangerously difficult times. You'll never be forgotten and for having reverent character and staunch commitment so many have remembered badge#1664 which was a symbol of your pleasant manner and humble tone of voice. All scruples, morals and a man disciplined and devoted to his core responsibilities. A gentleman of wise intuition, a visionary who legend grows by the second as a most heroic angel. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
November 30, 2022
Tenacity is derived from heart, character and heroic humility. you patrolled and protected all of Dade County, Officer Cook, with your entire repertoire of resolve and devotion. Resourcefulness, faith and the simple spirit of goodwill spreading its respect throughout the corners and roads where danger and evil lurked. Your sacrifice stands as a moral lesson for all who diligently serve today to be cautious and extemely careful. You are to be saluted for virtue and vigilance all stellar and refined. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Today would have been your 69th birthday and I will visit your grave to pray and to salute your humane loyalty, esteem and cherished life so dearly missed now patrolling as your family's beloved angel of bravery.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
November 30, 2022