Metro-Dade Police Department, Florida
End of Watch Wednesday, May 16, 1979
Reflections for Police Officer William Coleman Cook
Accolades and humility are a hero's best friends. Partners for life and a career performed with dignity, grace under duress and a man full of honorable integrity and thoughtful character. Certainly, Officer Cook, you deserved to live out your life of substance, serenity and by being a gentleman humbled by devotion, piety and faithfulness for having protected Dade County with your unselfish heart and soul that are now angels in eternity as you rest in true and trustworthy peace my neighbor, friend and hero of both commitment and conviction. Whatever comes your path may they be blessed, esteemed and remain as loyal and dedicated as you were. Just outstanding and enlightening! Saluted for sanctity in the words of virtue, visibility, vision and versatility.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 24, 2025
You answered the calls of duty, devotion, determination and steadfast dedication, Officer Cook, were all handled and met with excellence, endeavor and honesty that touched the souls and hearts of all Dade County residents who continue to respect and revere you. Such integrity, dignity and character all upstanding and very humbly speaking outstanding shall never be forgotten. Your supreme loyalty and cherished esteem to your important position of both truth and trust will be saluted. They presented vision, virtue and responsible versatility all sacredly done with a humble heart and soul that is now angelically blessed by Our Lord. The trails and paths were paved by a man of devoutness and such faithful resiliency and resourcefulness. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Intuition, intelligence and such convictions and commitment never overlooked.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 23, 2025
Persevering proficiency, efficiency in enhancement, all in a day's work. The profession is not a simple one as it demands the very best of heroic and humble honesty, loyalty and the dignity from dedicating your resources to protection and service that you gave to Dade County. Officer Cook, there will never be a doubt you were a fine man, a top flight public service professional that tied truth and trust together with morals, scruples and the character of integrity and refined commitment and conviction. You'll forevermore be saluted for vision, virtue and versatility carried within your earthly missions of goodwill, faith and devotion. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 22, 2025
A golden heart galvanized in gallantry and gladness, whose missions, your sacred earthly journeys, Officer Cook, were to preserve the quality of life here in Dade County where you grew up and became a fine professional built on esteem, heroism, loyalty and diligence. A gentleman whose sole responsibility was to see evil, violence and wanton heinousness removed from the very streets you patrolled. Never forgotten and always saluted for virtuous character, commitment and both upstanding and outstanding commitment all by remaining honest and having an unselfish and unwavering heart and soul of integrity and humbleness all blessed by Our Creator who shelters your very precious, sweet and treasured angelic spirit. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 22, 2025
To be loved, adored and cherished is what everyone wants to be honored and remembered for or by. Well, heroes who sacrifice for the goodwill, peace and safety of humanity and mankind ought to be humbly saluted for their feats of tenacity and fruition as you've been revered and surely blessed in heaven, Officer Cook, for loyal and dependable service to the good people of Dade County. An essential mission was performed despite the peril that lurked. Integrity and dignity when combined under the humility of unselfish character, commitment and conviction serve as an inspiration of a truly trustworthy battler as you were, Officer Cook, your family loyal soldier of serenity and trails and paths of angelic perseverance. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 21, 2025
Loyalty is to be humbly commended. Esteem is respect that's earned. Your life and career, Officer Cook, was surely blessed and forevermore will you be saluted, remembered and not overlooked for your heroism working to make Dade County safer and more securer for all citizens. Peace, security and serenity have come to our castles because of your legendary courage, commitment and conviction all truly trustworthy beyond the standards and codes of conduct by which you performed the rigors. Angelic faith, devotion and gumption all dignified and full of integrity and honor to be solemnly paid homage. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 20, 2025
You were loyal, esteemed and certainly a most humble and heroic hero, Officer Cook, blessed with a good nature of honesty, integrity and dignified character, true and trustworthy commitment to excellence and a commitment second to none as you protected Dade County and will never be forgotten by your family, comrades and a host of friends that you and Karen made during your life, career and hearty marriage. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. An angel to be saluted for sanctity and versatility of an unselfish warrior of virtue, vision and divine wisdom.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 20, 2025
Heaven is where eternal rest and God's compassion are perfectly bestowed upon the hearts, souls and spirits of those earthly warriors who served and protected their communities such as where you preserved life here in Dade County, Officer Cook. Integrity, dignity, honesty and character were applied to every situation that you handled every watch. Truth and trust combined when assisted your pursuits and patrols over the folks who yearned for a bit of quiet and safety. Saluted for sacred trips and missions of faithfulness, values and dedication. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend, hero and angel.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 19, 2025
The brakes of the brazen and evildoers must be stopped and cutoff permanently if society is to live freely with liberty and justice for all mankind being exercised every second. You did your important role, Officer Cook, with no waver, no hesitation, only resiliency, resourcefulness and resolute virtue and heroic honor all humbly blessed and forever dignified with integrity and loyal character. Dade County has not and will not ever forget the bright and uplifting young man, a gentleman of eclectic talent and noble skills patrolling his beloved community with every morsel of conviction, commitment and true and trustworthy competency and compassion from your unselfish heart, soul and spirit that today are your legacy of effort and meaning, reverence, diligence and always present vigilance. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero whose angelic wings allow you to soar higher everyday.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 18, 2025
May you rest in peace Officer Cook, my neighbor, angel, friend and hero. Your watch tragically ended over forty-six years as a Dade County hero saluted for honor, integrity, dignity, character and everything heroic in the words of serenity, safety and security you provided its citizens. The goodness of your composed goodwill helped to shield us from violence and tumalt. The job of law enforcement is not only to prevent but to aid through effort and efficiency making life more purposeful as well as yearning. The balance of bravery and boldness means to follow rules and high standards which in turn are geared to making its men and women accountable while preserving life. The trails and paths you blazed were truly remarkable and well succinctly clear and trustworthy. You donned a uniform and badge with etiquette, courtesies and took responsibility very seriously never forsaking your sacred words of affirmation. The loyalty, esteem will be saluted and forevermore treasured as your beloved family carries out your principles, aspirations which are inspirational and designed to make life trips worth pursuing. Again rest in peace Officer Cook, a good man taken way to soon and one who was respected and diligent to his due vigilance.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 18, 2025
Perseverance is thinking ahead of dilemmas and their situations that require solving. Dade County is a community that needs good people, men and women who are angels of valor, versatility and virtue. Yours, Officer Cook, was par excellence as was integrity, dignity and honesty all implanted in your loyal heart and soul of distinction. You fought the dangerous battles and always acquitted yourself with humility and esteem. The days of old will always be told of a warrior revered, respected and completely resolute. Resilient, efficient with no flaws only straight ahead tenacity and ferocity in all your career and life trails and paths as we salute you for sacrifice and sweat given in determination, devotion and dedication to details and fundamentals, values and scruples. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend, hero and angel.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 17, 2025
God humbly welcomed your beloved heroic soul, heart and spirit into His kingdom in heaven where angels such as yourself, Officer Cook rest in peace. My neighbor, friend and hero of honor, integrity and dignity all compassionate and composed at all times despite the rigors and perils of your important professional career serving and preserving the character of all Dade County and its blessed folks just as your esteemed and cherished family members who carefully carry the torch of your legacy. your name shall forever be truly remembered and saluted with virtue, vision and versatility all apart of your essential trustworthiness that was part of your sacred affirmation. Again rest in peace Officer Cook, a man and a gentleman of reverence, diligence and due vigilance. Keep watching over us and your family with loyalty that will always be saluted.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 17, 2025
The cadence of honor, integrity and dignity cannot be hidden and a man who was most humbly blessed and dedicated to his profession always performed the responsibilities as you so faithfully did, Officer Cook. Dade County was the community where solemn service was quite loyal, esteemed and highly respected. Now and for eternity your angelically balanced and humane heart and soul all observed and did more than the onuses called for. A gentleman of trust and truly welcomed character, commitment and conviction all paved and blazed the trails and paths for other men and women. You fly high watching over your family who carries the yoke of your legacy very purposefully. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 16, 2025
A good idea is to be resourceful and polite though when battling adversity honor, dignity and integrity must all be beyond reproach. Yours, Officer Cook, was surely loyal, esteemed and heroic as you served the residents of Dade County with dedication, tenacity and steadfast devotion and humility from your unselfish heart and soul of both truth and trust as an angel of commitment, character and conviction. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 16, 2025
A man with fibers and fabrics of ferocity going his professional business protecting and serving Dade County with class, dedication and determination, all grit and gumption, Officer Cook, given to us by a gentleman of honored faith, devoted dignity and intelligent heart and soul, humility and unselfish integrity and outstanding character, commitment and convictions which gave us a semblance of peace, stability for us to pursue our purposes in life just as your esteemed and loyal family my neighbor, friend and angelic hero of perseverance. Rest in peace. Your life and career will be remembered and solemnly saluted for virtue, vision and versatility in performing your onuses.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 15, 2025
A man with a family very much beloved in Dade County whose son battled adversity each day as a duly heroic public servant. Your life and career of effort and efficiency, Officer Cook, was marked by everything in the language of honesty, dignity and integrity that protected and served with virtue and sanctity every home where peace and stability is essential to life moving forward. A gentleman of character, charm and embracing commitment and conviction whose truth and trust went down the trails and paths of unselfish and unwavering consistency. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend, angel and hero. You moved mountains with humility and heart, Officer Cook. You will be missed and saluted for your loyalty and esteem.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 14, 2025
Boldness, courage and fortitude, Officer Cook, was as your honesty, dignity and integrity patrolling Dade County and its residents. Today, we can be grateful to you and your fellow officers who took their onuses above and beyond. You will forevermore be saluted and remembered for solemn service and protection. An angel never forgotten rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero of true and trustworthy commitment, character and conviction. Peace and security are our companions because of your unselfish and unwavering labors of esteem and loyalty.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 13, 2025
Heroes and heroines are human beings blessed with a sacred degree of fortitude, ferocity and unselfish dedication, dignity and devotion to their difficult tasks at hand in protecting life and property. No small potatoes, Officer Cook and for six years of stamina, acumen, advanced integrity and outstanding character were you allowed to fortify our hearts, souls and loyal pursuits in life. You sir gave the ultimate sacrifice of true and trustworthy allegiance to spare the public of wanton violence that since that very day still sadly permeates its ugliness around us. But, peace, liberty and prosperity don't ever seem that distant from us as your relatives continue remembering you, their "Uncle Bo" so sharp and clever with a mind like a tack. The angel in you forever floats high above diligently and perfectly shining His compassion on the folks of Dade County where your battles occurred. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. A job well performed in saving your fellow officers and those who yearned for your pillow of support, endeavor, virtue and journeys taken seriously, the goodwill, resiliency and faithful cause all applied to every situation that confronted you. Twenty-five years lived and well spent taking the bull by the horns of humility, heart and unwavering grit, gumption and determination.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 12, 2025
Your might and heart all humbly blessed and most humanely heroic, Officer Cook, served and saved the folks of Dade County from more impending violence that fateful day when dignity, honesty and integrity packed the punches of perseverance and effort. You gave your life and career for peace and serenity to stay glued to the homes of those who choose to pursue lives of esteem and goodwill. You will always be saluted and solemnly remembered for virtue, wisdom and vision all angelic and of sound character, true commitment and trusted convictions. May God shine His grace upon your soul and spirit my neighbor, friend and hero as you rest in peace.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 12, 2025
A police officer who welcomed the dangerous challenges and tasks ahead of him to serve and to protect the citizens of Dade County. Character, commitment, intuition, ingenuity and intelligence all clearly refined and renewed on a daily basis. This was your daily onus, Officer Cook, a hero who greeted honor, integrity and dignity with unselfish heart and soul. The angel in you spoke and was answered as our pursuits in life have been for the most part done with safety and security guiding their wings. Your wings my neighbor, friend and hero are keeping the loyalty, esteem and virtue hovering above as your legacy stays bright. Rest in peace. Badge#1664 was reverence, diligence and vigilance packing a very powerful wallop at adversity, evil and wanton violence. Sanctity and nobility were humility's friends and partners during your professional aspirations and pursuits. Keep shining brightly upon your beloved family. They have all made you very proud of them. Just wished we could have befriended one another and broken bread together. Surely missed but never forgotten and forevermore saluted for virtue, valor, versatility, wisdom and most of all a man of vision, politeness and common sense and direction. Always concerned, caring and most compassionate.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 11, 2025
A smile that should still be here alive and well. A well earned retirement you were sadly denied of acquiring, Officer Cook, because you fought and gave your angelic life and career as a forever Dade County hero. A man possessing the utility belt of integrity, dignity and honesty assisting the upstanding character and convictions of an unselfish servant who strove for peace, security and safety for all people and humanity is poorer today by your absence. One of esteem, virtue, loyalty and the sacred missions of goodwill, faith and dedication poured forth to sprout a new seed of progress rather than going backward. Never forgotten and always saluted for endearing, enhancing and enriching reverence, diligence and vigilance. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Values, morals, ideals and highly refined scruples as does tenacity do apply in the hunt for freedom and liberty for all. your soul, heart and spirit, Officer Cook, never wavered or wandered they concentrated upon those humane and humble responsibilities at hand every moment of your watch and life of devotion and fruition.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 11, 2025
Time surely never ceases. It was your dreams, goals and aspirations in life, Officer Cook, that drove your career pursuits to work for Dade County as a public service professional. You did serve with heroic grace and dignity where honesty, character and integrity patrolled the streets with acumen, awareness, dedication and desire. Truth and trust all going down the trails and paths of perseverance, proficiency and effort. Your uniform of commitment and conviction was worn with unselfish faithfulness and resourcefulness all angelic and heroic. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Humility and your unwavering heart of respect and diligence did outstanding jobs in the fields of ferocity and tenacity.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 11, 2025
The heroic perform above and beyond the scopes of their onuses. You were outstanding in your life and during your professional career protecting the folks of Dade County, Officer Cook. A man built on the wings of dignity, integrity and honest character that was truly loyal, esteemed and of trustworthy commitment and convictions all running down the streams of serenity and security. Forever saluted as an angel of versatility, virtue and vision all wisdom beyond your years. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 10, 2025
The amount of effort given extraordinary. Your whole life and career of heroic virtue, honor humbly blessed and fortified by integrity, character and dignity rescued Dade County, its folks and your loyal and esteemed colleagues, Officer Cook, from more calamity and evil. A man on a mission of goodwill, faith and dedication all angelic, true and trusted. May you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 9, 2025
The toil of your sweat and blood, Officer Cook, was meant to serve and to preserve the integrity, dignity and honor of Dade County's residents. When excellent character and true commitment and conviction are taken abruptly we must take notice and remember the young man of virtue so gallant and bold. Just remember trails and paths blazed with the scents of literally that common sense which you had, Officer Cook and no one will forget you and you'll be saluted for intuition, loyalty and treasured esteem as your family's heroic angel of acumen and accentuated blessings and unselfish compassion. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 8, 2025