Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

A young, heroic and honorable man who fought and died for us here in Dade County. A very sad and terrible day for your family and department, Officer Cook. So full of character, charm and charisma never to be forgotten and alwayssaluted for virtue, pride and a humble and blessed heart and soul. You always were so loyal, dedicated and esteemed and a gentleman with dignity, integrity and both truthful and trusted paths and trails of fortitude, tenacity and above all principles, morals and scruples. Rest in peace my neighbor, angel, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 3, 2024

Grit, gumption and gallantry all were a living product of your life and public service career one destined for more heroic and humbly blessed greatness if not for Mr. Pearsall, the young man who robbed you of everything. For your protecting us here in Dade County, Officer Cook, it was an honor for sure. Dignity, integrity and character were all true and trustworthy and you exerted yourself for our stability and peace to the fullest. Such a blessed andhumble gentleman whose broad smile and shoulders handled every assignment with virtue, vision and sacred wisdom. You'll be forever saluted for creating trails and paths of unselfish perseverance and for being faithful, devoted and dedicated. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend, angel and hero. Commitment, conviction and fortitude all rose above your duties.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 2, 2024

To run freely, to walk clearly without having major distractions on your mind, police assist in allowing us to live more peaceful, safer and secure lives with purposes not violence disrupting our very nature. You took it upon yourself, Officer Cook, to heroically patrol all Dade County lending credence to your sacred and solemn affirmation that mankind is entitled to live by. A gentleman whose will, determination, dignity and integrity stood the tests of time until that fateful day of May 16,1979 when your unwavering, unselfish and diligence was severely tested and you gave the ultimate sacrifice to shield us from impending evil a man so bent on wickedness just what a tragedy for you and your family coupled with your department and fellow officers who mourned your terrible loss. A life lived with an engaging heart and soul that not only uplifted us, it enriched and educated us as you were a master officer, leader and very much an unassuming and loyal man right until your dying breath.It's sad you died doing what you wanted to become since you were a young man fullof virtue, trust and truth. Passionate yet compassionate. Caring, sincere and genuinely respected by all your colleagues who salute you and remember the smile of a heroic angel and legend. Badge#1664 was complete with conviction, commitment all down the trails and paths of effort, perseverance and proficiency never to be forgotten. You are and will forever be treasured and esteemed. The calls came forth and you, Officer Cook, responded with wisdom and capability.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 1, 2024

Your decent and classy demeanor, Officer Cook, was a breath of fresh air that filled the community with nothing but good vibes of virtue, vision and visiblity. A man constucted with a pleasant smile and handsome face who was blessed to accept a professional job where peril tragcially faces those who confront terror and violence. Such conduct and politeness was the way you greeted everyone so missed today. Dignity, integrity and honest character that was put forth with true trust and compassion all unrelenting, unwavering and unselfish from the very first day of your life. Never giving your parents any troubles and raised the proper way here in North Miami Beach, Florida it all translated into a marvelous career if evil did not rob you of your youth and life with Karen and being able toenjoy family get togethers. But always so loyal and dedicated and saluted for bravery and courage above and beyond. Those men and women protecting us today had better take stock and make smart decisions especially when the public safety is at risk. You'll forever be your family angel and legend of uniqueness and understanding. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 31, 2024

One by one our world we hope and pray will be a much serener and safer place to raise our families. And you had the utmost heroic distinction, Officer Cook, to be a central part of this time consuming process. A project forever happening because it requires the heart and soul to comprehend your core obligations and responsibilites toward mankind and humanity. A touch of honesty when combined with character, commitment and conviction is dignity, reverence and integrity being brought forth to accentuate your patrols and pursuits of stability. By virtue and vision with wisdom unwavering and unselfish Dade County and its citizens live on because of men and women such as yourself. A master leader, trainer, direct and learner of both truth and trustworthiness who was raised with morals, values and sacred principles that followed you daily on your earthly missions and journeys of faith, devotion, dedication and reliability. A most vigilant gentleman diligent in duties and desire, decent and humbly blessed for aptitude, fortitude and gratitude forever an angel of love, loyalty and esteem cherished by his family, friends and professional comrades. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Always missed and sad we could never meet and greet one another. At least, Officer Cook, I did meet and greet your friend and survivor hero, Officer Keith DiGenova. A great man just as you and Officer Edgerton may you both rest in eternal peace along with adoring and beloved parents, Charles and Julia Cook. And may your sister, Nancy and your beloved Karen live healthy and prosperous lives of goodwill, stability and humbleness.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 31, 2024

Newer horizons were uplifted by your embrace of dignity, integrity and honesty, Officer Cook. Dade County was the venue where your vehicles of valor, versatility and virtue were powered by your precision, proficiency and unselfish perseverance. A man of pride yet a gentleman who engaged mankind and enriched humanity with the blessings of possessing a humble character. Surely, commitment and character were made of truth and trustworthiness. You remain beloved by your family and are missed by colleagues and friends. The angel you soar with are perfectly fitted as you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 30, 2024

Washington, DC also has your heroic name, Officer Cook, inscribed humbly upon its walls at the police memorial. A young man who governed his life and career accordingly and precisely followed every rule of law, common sense, courtesies and was polite and honorably dignified at all times. That is why you continue being saluted for giving attention to Dade County folks with undivided integrity, character and the convictions spelled out as you patrolled every moment here for our peace and freedom which shall not be taken for granted. Rest in peace my neighbor, angel, friend and hero. Intuitive. intelligent and always humble, esteemed and cherished forevermore.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 30, 2024

Pain can be most tenacious at times as we grieve for our departed family members and especially those men and women who sacrificed their lives for our very stability, safety and serenity in life. To wake up every morning is a blessing. You hope and pray that every man and woman of decency, dedication and determination arrives home safely after their shifts are completed. The journeys and missions of faith, goodwill, integrity and dignity don't always end after eight hours of sweat, toil and possibly shot at by a callous and nefarious person. Your heroic name and legacy, Officer Cook, are inscribed forever at the Main Headquarters and at Tropical Park on the granite walls of remembrance where our colleagues of commitment, character and honor have been etched and duly noted for salutes of virtue, vision and valor's versatility. You surely patrolled the venues with reliable acumen, accentuated heart, soul and esteemed and loyal humility blessing for unwavering and truly unselfish feats of ferocity, trails and paths paved with perseverance, transparency and always so compassionate. A man, a gentleman who was loved by his family and gave back the very same unconditional affection will never be forgotten, but always missed and never out of their hearts and minds as they carry on with your legacy and purposes of life with the same cheerful faces and humbly blessed passions. You created diligence and were extremely vigilant in all your professional callings going above and beyond what was required of your fortitude. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. An angel of caring and kindness who now walks a perfect beat with awesome angel wings. It has been over forty-five years since that fateful day, Officer Cook, badge#1664 was donned with respect, adulation and confidence emblazoned within you sweet and precious soul and humbly blessed heart.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 30, 2024

We live sometimes to experience pleasure, but with pleasure there is sometimes discomfort and pain because of problems we are dealing with. Police work deals with a plethora of issues, dilemmas and situations that come up and need solving at once if society is to function and live in a stabile and free environment. Dade County, Officer Cook, was your home and where you grew up to become a very excellent public servant. First and foremost you were devoted to your parents, sister and beloved wife, Karen. You sir are surely missed by colleagues, friends and a host of people who knew you. A legend of heroic proportions whose strength of character, commitment and convictions were always so valued, cherished and loyal. For without honesty, integrity and dignity abounding around your unwavering and unselfish heart and soul of trustworthiness and truthfulness, then dedication, devotion, faithfulness and resolve would certainly not exist. They all lived in your trails and paths so humbly blessed and taken willingly to restore peace, stability and liberty for all. Mankind and humanity have missed you very much and the crying tragedy is that none of this should have happened. The badge and uniform you donned and when you responded to your last mission here on earth you performed and did everything by the book to save the citizens and your faithful comrades from further harm making the ultimate sacrifice of vision, virtue and valor. Wisdom and maturity beyond the crowd as that phrase goes. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend, hero and angel. You soar every moment over your adored family, cherished comrades and dearly valued and humbly blessed friends. A gentleman who greeted you were humility, sincerity and a handsome smile everyday.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 29, 2024

The blazing hot of summer causing temperatures to rise above normal. And yet even in a blizzard of freezing temperatures police must be ready to adapt in their dogged pursuits of violence while sheltering mankind with freedom of movement and the ability to enhance their lives of passion and purpose everyday. It's sad to think, Officer Cook, what your life would have become, I know it would have been cherished because of Karen, a great woman who you would have been celebrating your 50th year of a humbly blessed and fulfilling marriage together in 2025. God saw another need taking your very sweet, heroic and precious soul of class, decency and angelic distinction back to His heavenly home to walk your perfect beat. This was and is the dedication and devotion all mixed in with ability and dignity, integrity and character as stoic as your sacred and loyal commitments to see us here in Dade County living peacefully. Badge#1664 was indeed trustworthy, true to form and unselfish conviction all leading to such unrelenting faithfulness, resourcefulness and competent performance from a Godsend truly heroic and blessed. Never a day without reflecting upon your stellar life and proudly professional passions of vision, versatility and values. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend, angel and hero. Evil must be stamped out forever if society is to succeed in making this land the greatest ever and of which, Officer Cook, you were a noble and fierce warrior. Fortune and success support each other's coattails.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 28, 2024

The virtues of man are the vehicles of wisdom, vision and humble beauty. You graced mankind and your community of Dade County, Officer Cook, with many treasured moments unfortunately all too short because of one reprehensible and diabolical individual. Our paths and trails, yes trials and tribulations all can go forward because of you, Officer Cook, a revered and gallant gentleman who possessed the necessary honesty, dignity, character and true integrity to stem that tide against tenacious terror being unleashed that tragic afternoon in Liberty City, (Gladeview) in Miami. Minutes and seconds flying by as were those bullets that you, Officer Cook and Officers DiGenova and Edgerton took to save humanity from utter violence and possibly doom as also were the residents who were shot and nearly killed. So valued a comrade, so loyal and cherished by them and your loving family who now since then carries the torch and baton of your boldness that accompanied all your earthly missions and journeys where our very freedom and liberties were literally hanging by the balance. Rest in peace my friend, neighbor, angel and hero. Sanctity, ability and capability are versatility and responsibility blended into diligence and vigilance being given their blessed and solemn respects.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 28, 2024

Nothing more important and essential than securing the prosperity and serenity of all mankind and humanity. Certainly everyday our law enforcement personnel risk their very hearts and humbly blessed and heroic souls to seal faith and hope, goodwill where stability belongs. And this is what you so resiliently did for Dade County citizens, Officer Cook. A man so deeply cherished and solemnly remembered for sacrificing your life and career of humility and convictional commitment all truth and trust, all integrity, dignity and honesty to surround us with havens of uplifting and enhancing security and blessings from Our Maker. You'll be saluted and forevermore honored for engaging and enlightening those who cared as your unwavering, unselfish heart and heroic spirit did what you were trained to do. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend, hero and angel. A gentleman with a truly remarkable compassion, caring and kindness.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 28, 2024

A warm heart and soul humbly heroic that served with honor, blessings and esteem. You surely, Officer Cook, gave your all in dignity, character and integrity to further the causes of peace here in Dade County where your wisdom, vision and virtue was unselfish and always loyal and unwavering. May you rest in peace my neighbor, angel, friend and hero. The truth and trust lies in heaven where eternity is where you walk your heavenly beat.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 27, 2024

A promise was a solemn and heroic affirmation kept. You protected Dade County, Officer Cook, with all your stoic heart and soul until the very last beat of your dignified breath. Surely integrity, character and commitments were all desirable and humbly honorable and loyal. There was no doubt you were accomplish your sacred missions putting forth the energy and endeavor needed for our survival and safe trails and paths of both true trust and allegiance to mankind. Humanity and your family greatly misses but carries the torches of your legacy forward as you my neighbor, friend and angelic hero rest in peace.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 26, 2024

Dade County is a vital community that has been blessed and protected or so we hope by heroic men and women of law enforcement. Integrity that must be amplified. Dignity that needs to be uplifted in enhancement and honesty that must be humble and loyal. Officer Cook, your life and career had all the meaning of mettle, virtue and wisdom combined with your know how. Surely, vigilance and diligence that combed every nook and cranny from safety, security and serenity that was blessed indeed. As your family, department and community's angel may God watch over your soul and spirit as you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Character and intuition so valuable and sacred throughout your life journeys.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 25, 2024

Officer Cook, you were a man of perseverance, proficiency and pride all humbly blessed and most heroic. Dade County was under your gentle patrols and pursuits of peace while dealing with this relentless violence. Integrity, dignity and character so esteemed, cherished and loyal never forgotten and forever saluted. Commitment and conviction are truth and trustworthiness that your family and mankind will solemnly remember as they carry your legacy forward. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero angel!

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 25, 2024

A strong man with heroism in his heart and soul, that's what will forever remind us of who you were, Officer Cook, a Dade County hero of extraordinary dignity, character and integrity all within your veins and arteries of acumen and accentuated pursuits of justice and peace for all mankind. May you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. A true and trustworthy angel bonded with your beloved and blessed parents may they too rest in peace.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 24, 2024

Meant to say, Officer Cook, all that you meant to your endeared family, engaging department and esteemed community here in Dade County where you grew up, got married and served as an excellent professional redefining what a law enforcement official is supposed to achieve. It was done in an all too brief career of six years of your twenty-five years you lived tragically taken by heinous and wanton evil from a man insane and just cruel. Never forgotten for dignity, humility, honor with integrity all carried out with character unwavering and forever unselfish. Badge#1664 was truth, faithfulness and its trustworthiness was resilient to the very core of your basic duties. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Always an angel now hovering overhead watching over your family and the world along with your beloved parents.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 23, 2024

The windmills of violence still circle quickly around but so long as we have capable, able and focused public servants who risk their souls and hearts of heroic honesty, dignity and integrity we can relax a bit. Yes, Dade County had badge#1664 among its rank and file of many dedicated professionals such as yourself, Officer Cook, who dug deep to get a handle on this danger that just erupts and eats at the pangs and roots of mankind. You always kept your composure and were a very dignified and diligent young man because you cared and had a humbly blessed and sacred heart of unselfish character, commitment to succeed and the intuitive convictions true and trustworthy. The rewards your family receives from you, Officer Cook, represent all the you meant to them, your department and community which continues paying homage to your legend and memory. Vision, virtue and wisdom beyond the maturity that are and have been terribly missed all these decades. Now as an angel you can rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. You were always so loyal, sincere with a vigilant heart of esteem. A treasured man to be sure whose value and vehicles of versatility went over and beyond the responsibilities of duty.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 23, 2024

Women and men of blessed acumen and heroic effort climb those mountains everyday to protect our very lives of decency and honorable purposes. You were an integral part of Dade County, Officer Cook and your name. legacy of character, dignity and integrity shall forever be remembered and solemnly saluted for they gave the ultimate of sacrifices that has let us march on as we live our lives. And your life, career and sacred values were and will always remain a vital part of its rich history. One where the dust will never settle so long as your loved ones live you too live in spirit in their hearts, thoughts and prayers. One day violence and evil shall be permanently eradicated so long as dedicated men and women keep fighting through these mazes of trouble and chaos. It jeopardizes humanity, threatens existence and interferes with those who perform their versatile acts of diligence and vigilance as you faithfully did, Officer Cook, a man of morals, accentuated convictions and commitments of truth and trust permeating your patrols of your beloved community in which esteem, loyalty and gratitude were core partners. Rest in peace my neighbor, angel, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 23, 2024

The highway to heaven is paved by the astute and accentuated law enforcement heroes who displayed their finest honor, dignity and integrity and suffice it to say, Officer Cook, Our Creator welcomed you with His open arms of compassion. Your life and career serving the residents of Dade County was your legacy full of desire, decency and dedication straight from your unwavering and unselfish heart and soul of humility, virtue and wisdom all combined with true trust and bravery that made you the man, the gentleman of gallantry whose paths and trails were your sacred missions and vehicles of nobility poured into your entire structure of vigilance and unrelenting diligence. Rest in peace my neighbor, angel, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 22, 2024

The validation of a hero is their abundance of many positive characteristics. Namely, one's stoic honor, humbly blessed integrity and accentuated dignity. You surely maintained and were blessed beyond with these most essential traits. Dade County was so fortunate to have a man, a gentleman whose courage, commitments and convictions were every bit worth their salt of salvation and saving grace. Every morsel of versatility, virtue and vision were your vehicles of endurance and faithfulness that steered you around the areas were evil, violence and mischief seemed to have their grips upon us and threatened our way of living peacefully and with renewed stability. We salute you my neighbor, friend, angel and hero for true allegiance and trustworthy diligence. Rest in peace. A wise young man beyond his years so heinously taken from his family who will forever love you and your colleagues who worked tirelessly along side of a classy human being who drive, decency and dedication matched your tenacity and fortitude.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 21, 2024

The shield of honor, dignity and integrity glowed with heroic character, commitment and conviction, Officer Cook and so Dade County was protected by your grace and unselfish humanity. You can be sure you connected with every cycle of courage and trustworthy virtue. It's diligence and vigilance that focused its endeavors in obtaining our stability and safety to pursue our missions. Violence should not have taken you from your family, comrades and friends, Officer Cook and you'll be saluted for giving the ultimate sacrifice. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 20, 2024

The stars and their constellations shine brightly because of your special, precious and sweet heart and heroic soul, Officer Cook. Everything about you is always so humbly spoken as you were your family's go to relative in times when a crisis occurred. Dade County was never more downtrodden when the tragic day of May 16, 1979 struck and you saved your citizens and colleagues from worse doom simply by responding to that domestic incident armed with honesty, dignity and sure integrity of which came from the inside of your unassuming and engaging character, charm, charisma and the truest of trustworthy commitments where ingenuity took you down paths and trails of righteousness, resourcefulness and humbly blessed resiliency. An angel whose unselfish and unwavering heroism will be saluted and sacredly paid its proper homage. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. A note of nobility certainly travels a long way along with virtue, vision and wisdom.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 19, 2024

Development comes through the pangs of perseverance and desire of which you had, Officer Cook, so heroically serving and protecting our lives here in Dade County. A gentleman who uplifted and pushed forward with unselfish dignity, honor and integrity they surely will be remembered and solemnly saluted as will your true and trusted commitments and convictions of faith and devotion. Rest in peace my neighbor, angel, friend and hero. Everyone misses you very much as you were your family's darling and handsome ray of hope, goodwill and gratefulness.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 19, 2024