Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

"Greater love hath no man than to lay down his life for a friend"

God bless you and your family Officer Cook. Keep watching over us, we will take it from here...

Patrolman Justin W Yohe
Sweetser Police Department, Sweetser, Indiana

September 28, 2006

Officer Cook, Thank you for your years of service and for making our world a little safer. You and your family will be in my thoughts and prayers.
To the Cook Family, I am very sorry for your loss, I will pray that God helps you through this terrible time.
We will never forget Thomas' sacrifice.
+ R.I.P. Thomas +

"IF I KNEW"

If I knew it would be the last time
That I'd see you fall asleep,
I would tuck you in more tightly
and pray the Lord, your soul to keep.

If I knew it would be the last time
that I see you walk out the door,
I would give you a hug and kiss
and call you back for one more.

If I knew it would be the last time
I'd hear your voice lifted up in praise,
I would video tape each action and word,
so I could play them back day after day.

If I knew it would be the last time,
I could spare an extra minute
to stop and say "I love you,"
instead of assuming you would KNOW I do.

If I knew it would be the last time
I would be there to share your day,
Well I'm sure you'll have so many more,
so I can let just this one slip away.

For surely there's always tomorrow
to make up for an oversight,
and we always get a second chance
to make everything just right.

There will always be another day
to say "I love you,"
And certainly there's another chance
to say our "Anything I can do?"

But just in case I might be wrong,
and today is all I get,
I'd like to say how much I love you
and I hope we never forget.

Tomorrow is not promised to anyone,
young or old alike,
And today may be the last chance
you get to hold your loved one tight.

So if you're waiting for tomorrow,
why not do it today?
For if tomorrow never comes,
you'll surely regret the day,

That you didn't take that extra time
for a smile, a hug, or a kiss
and you were too busy to grant someone,
what turned out to be their one last wish.

So hold your loved ones close today,
and whisper in their ear,
Tell them how much you love them
and that you'll always hold them dear

Take time to say "I'm sorry,"
"Please forgive me," "Thank you," or "It's okay."
And if tomorrow never comes,
you'll have no regrets about today.
(Author unknown)

God Bless the Men and Women who make our world safer.


Jessica Lazarus Daughter of a L.E.O.
Cook County Sheriff's 6th Dist.

Jessica Lazarus
Daughter Of A L.E.O.

September 28, 2006

Rest in peace, brother.

Patrolman
Gary, IN Police Department

September 28, 2006

rest in peace brother

bounty hunter thom strunk

September 28, 2006

REST IN PEACE BROTHER. YOU WILL TRULY BE MISSED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION, SERVICE AND SACRIFICE. YOU ARE A TRUE HERO. MY DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO YOUR FAMILY, FRIENDS AND DEPARTMENT.

Deputy Jamie Davis
Pittsylvania County Sheriffs Office (Va.)

September 28, 2006

Tom, I don't know what to say...we have so many mutual friends up there, and now you have joined them. Thank you for the years of friendship, and for the hugs when I was down and needed them. My thoughts are with you, my prayers are with your wife and children and the rest of your family, both blood and blue.

Pattie
Cook County IL Sheriff's

September 28, 2006

Rest In Peace.

#2959
U.S. Marshals

September 28, 2006

Rest in peace, my brother...we won't let you be forgotten

Peace Officer's Memorial Foundation of Cook County Illinois

September 28, 2006

For Tom, God bless you. You will always be remembered,for we will not forget.

Ofc. K. Chlebek
Chicago Police/former Metra P.O.

September 28, 2006

May you rest in peace. Prayers are with your family and brothers/sisters in blue.

You will not be forgotten...

Craig Figgins - IL
Brother - Sgt Dan Figgins EOW 4/9/05

September 28, 2006

My sincerest sympathy to the family and friends and to the officers of the Metra Transit Police Department.

Park Police officer Robert Wigton #9516
San Antonio Park Police

September 28, 2006

Rest in peace my brother in blue. Now you can walk Heaven's beat. Your family, friends, and co-workers with the Metra Transit Police Department, are in my thoughts and prayers.

God Bless

Sr. Officer D. Johns
City of Sandy Springs Police, GA

September 28, 2006

Rest in peace, brother.

Officer R. Law

September 28, 2006

There are no words that can comfort a family when something like this happens,... I will have you and your family in my thoughts and prayers. God holds a special place in heaven for the men and women that place themselves between the good and evil in this world...Thomas your sacrifice will never be forgotten, Thank You for your years of service. I pray that God holds you and your family dear to his heart and that he helps your family through this terrible time.

+Rest now brother for your watch has ended.+


I never dreamed it would be me
My name for all eternity
Recorded here at this hallowed place
Alas, my name, no more my face

"In the line of duty" I hear them say
My family now the price will pay
My folded flag stained with their tears
We only had those few short years

The badge no longer on my chest
I sleep now in eternal rest
My sword I pass to those behind
And pray they keep this thought in mind

I never dreamed it would be me
And with heavy heart and bended knee
I ask for all here from the past
Dear God, let my name be the last
(Author unknown)

+God bless all the men and women in blue.+



Deputy Sheriff AL Lazarus #3820
Cook County Sheriff's Dept.
6th District

Deputy Sheriff AL Lazarus #3820
Cook County Sheriff's Department 6th Dist.

September 28, 2006

Rest, brother.

Cpl Steve Headley
Mishawaka, IN police

September 28, 2006

Thank you for all that you did. You will never be forgotten. Your family and friends will be in my prayers, Officer Cook.

Maame Kanbi

September 28, 2006

God Bless Officer Cook

September 28, 2006

To the family, friends, and officers that knew Officer Cook, my thoughts and prayers are with you as you face the trying times ahead of you. Please know your not alone.

Here I am, lost in the light of the moon that comes through my window
Bathed in blue, the walls of my memory divide the thorns from the roses
It's you and the roses

Touch me and I will follow in your afterglow
Heal me from all this sorrow
As I let you go I will find my way when I see your eyes
Now I'm living in your afterglow

Here I am, lost in the ashes of time, but who wants tomorrow?
In between the longing to hold you again
I'm caught in your shadow, I'm losing control
My mind drifts away, we only have today

Touch me and I will follow in your afterglow
Heal me from all this sorrow
As I let you go I will find my way
I will sacrifice 'til the blinding day when I see your eyes
Now I'm living in your afterglow

When the veils are gone as I let you go, as I let you go

Touch me and I will follow in your afterglow
Heal me from all this sorrow
As I let you go I will find my way, I will sacrifice
Now I'm living in your afterglow

Bathed in blue, the walls of my memory divide the thorns from the roses
It's you who is closest

Erin Gibson
Wife of a CSPD Officer

September 28, 2006

On behalf of the Men & Women of the Palos Park, IL Police Department we offer our deepest sympathies to the Family, Friends, and Fellow Patrol Officers of Officer Thomas A. Cook in this time of great sadness. We will keep you all in our thoughts and prayers.

Rest in Peace Officer Cook.

Members of the Palos Park Police Dept.
Palos Park, IL PD

September 28, 2006

I always pray there will be no more new names here but my prayers remain unanswered.May G-d Bless you and may He comfort your loved ones, friends and co-workers as theey enter the darkmess that your passing leaves.

September 28, 2006

REST IN PEACE TOM COOK-YOU SERVED WELL.

OFFICER
CHICAGO

September 28, 2006

A POLICEMAN'S PRAYER
BROTHER WHEN YOU WEEP FOR ME REMEMBER THAT IT WAS MEANT TO BE.
LAY ME DOWN AND WHEN YOU LEAVE REMEMBER I'LL BE AT YOUR SIDE...IN EVERY DARK AND DREARY ALLEY I'LL BE THERE AS YOU SLOWLY TREAD, ON EVERY STREET CORNER IN THE DRIVING SNOW I'LL HOLD YOUR COAT AND YOU WILL KNOW.
IN PLACES WHERE THE DEVIL IS AFRAID TO WALK...
AT DOORS WHERE YOU MEET RESISTANCE...
IN HOUSES WHERE CHILDREN HIDE...
YOU KNOW I'LL BE AT YOUR SIDE.
THE PLACE FROM WHICH I NOW RESPOND IS OVERSTAFFED WITH HEROES GONE...MEN WHO ANSWERED ONE LAST JOB AND DID IT WELL.
AS POLICEMEN WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A CARD DEALT IN OUR HAND...A CARD WE HOPE WE NEVER PLAY BUT WE HOLD IT THERE ANYWAY.
THE CARD IS SOMETHING WE IGNORE AS WE STAND ON THAT THIN BLUE LINE EVERY TOUR...FOR WE KNOW THAT WE ARE THE ONLY PRAYER FOR MANY OUT THERE.
SO REMEMBER, AS YOU WIPE YOUR TEARS, THE JOY I HAVE KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE YEARS...AS THE JOB I LOVED TO DO I PRAY THAT THIS THOUGHT WILL SEE YOU THROUGH.

-AUTHOR UNKNOWN

Detective John Halligan
Philadelphia Police Department

September 28, 2006

my sympathies to the family of officer Cook.

Nantucket FD

September 28, 2006

THE POLICEMAN'S LAST ROLL CALL ...

THE POLICEMAN STOOD AND FACED HIS GOD, WHICH MUST ALWAYS COME TO PASS. HE
HOPED HIS SHOES WERE SHINING, JUST AS BRIGHTLY AS HIS BRASS. "STEP FORWARD
NOW, POLICEMAN. HOW SHALL I DEAL WITH YOU? HAVE YOU ALWAYS TURNED THE OTHER
CHEEK? TO MY CHURCH HAVE YOU BEEN TRUE?"

THE POLICEMAN SQUARED his shoulders and said, "No, Lord, I guess I ain't.
Because those of us who carry badges can't always be a Saint. I've had to
work most Sundays, and at times my talk was rough, and sometimes I've been
violent because the streets are awfully tough. But I never took a penny that
wasn't mine to keep, though I worked a lot of overtime when the bills just
got to steep. And I never passed a cry for help, though times I shook with
fear. And sometimes, God forgive me, I've wept many unmanly tears. I know I
don't deserve a place among the people here, they never wanted me around
except to calm their fear. If you've a place for me Lord, it needn't be so
grand. I never expected or had too much, but if you don't, I'll understand."



There was silence all around the throne where the Saints had often trod. As
the policeman waited quietly, for the judgement of his God. "Step forward
now, policeman, you've borne your burdens well. Come walk a beat on Heaven's
streets, you've done your time in hell."

Author Unknown

May your sacrafice never be forgotten... God bless your wife and children, they will be in my prayers...

September 28, 2006

Your family are in my prayers....Words will never be enough, I think of you often, and how you went out of your way. Take care and watch down on everyone left behind.

Sherry Wright/Telecommunicator
Ex - Riverdale PD

September 28, 2006