Metro-Dade Police Department, Florida
End of Watch Wednesday, May 16, 1979
Reflections for Police Officer William Coleman Cook
The shelters of sensibility were established by an extremely heroic and loyally dedicated young man in yourself, Officer Cook. A Dade County hero blessed with acumen, astuteness and awareness only looking to create a more peaceful environment for mankind. Humanity and your loving family misses you very dearly everyday. They do carry your legacy of humble and humane honesty forward in their personal efforts and the dignity, integrity and character have forever been blazed by other valuable and brave men and women all angels like you protecting and serving the public with class, enthusiasm and energy all unselfishly responsible for us to live and to thrive. Always loyally saluted for versatility, ability and sacred journeys of goodwill and resiliency taken onward. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 13, 2025
It's essential that every servant act the way the law specifies. You always conducted your professional affairs, Officer Cook, with clarity, alacrity and dignity fulfilling your sacred oath in protecting Dade County from violence. A man blessed, humble and fortified in honesty, integrity and outstanding character, commitment and conviction all sincerely unselfish and forevermore unwavering and unrelenting. Now as an angel may Our Master shelter your esteemed and loyal heart, soul and spirit in His abode to rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. You surely deserved to live on in retirement with your beloved Karen. Just think being married for fifty years instead we must pay homage and salute your virtue, valor and wise vision having been taken away from your loved ones over forty-six years ago.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 13, 2025
Heroism is the sacred and solemn word of cherished blessings of Our Lord upon the hearts and souls of angels of honor, dignity and integrity. It is where lives matter and protecting them and property takes on newer proportions. You gave your sweet and precious soul, Officer Cook to secure and maker safer your beloved community of Dade County. That is where virtue, truth and trust support the poles of persevering character. commitment and conviction so essential to humanity's pursuits of prosperity and abundant happiness. Because of you and your unselfish and unwavering spirit may you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 12, 2025
Heroism is the sacred and solemn word of cherished blessings of Our Lord upon the hearts and souls of angels of honor, dignity and integrity. It is where lives matter and protecting them and property takes on newer proportions. You gave your sweet and precious soul, Officer Cook to secure and maker safer your beloved community of Dade County. That is where virtue, truth and trust support the poles of persevering character. commitment and conviction so essential to humanity's pursuits of prosperity and abundant happiness. Because of you and your unselfish and unwavering spirit may you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 12, 2025
The class of the world, the cream of the crop and blessed hero of your family, Officer Cook, you were revered by many, many people in and around your department and shall remain a man saluted for dedication, resourcefulness and always aiding your comrades and the folks of Dade County who never will forget you and everything true and trusted you spoke and represented in character, dignity and integrity they were completely honorable and duly a help to humanity with peace, safety and stability. A gentleman of solid commitment and virtue who relied upon your basic instincts. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 11, 2025
Such a deserving and blessed heart and heroic soul, Officer Cook, that served Dade County with the finest distinction, class and decency. They shall forevermore be saluted along with honesty, dignity and integrity. pride, loyalty and esteem must follow each and every angel of heroism on their marches and patrols of safety, security and serenity if mankind and humanity are to pursue lives without threats of war and strife and you my neighbor, friend and hero of truly trustworthy character, commitment and conviction. Rest in peace Officer Cook. A man of unselfish and persevering diligence and respect always looking out for his family, colleagues and community.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 10, 2025
Heroes are humbly born and when they succeed you can expect honors and humbly blessed accolades to pour forth. The sprouts of freedom and safety fell from the skies when you performed your crucial roles on behalf of Dade County citizens, Officer Cook. Badge#1664 was reverent and respected across the community where you were adored and where your battles were humanely undertaken. When a gentleman of unselfish honesty, enhanced dignity and the outstanding character where trust and truth all led perseverance and effort down those trails and paths where angels serve the sacred causes of security, stability and liberty we must honor and saluted their professional acumen, awareness and astuteness. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 9, 2025
You were heroic, Officer Cook and very well versed in everything in the words of honesty, integrity and dignity which served and protected the very public here in Dade County. Your character, commitment and conviction all upgraded the entire landscape where you gave your humble and blessed unselfish and unrelenting soul of loyalty and esteem to be mankind safer and securer. Your angelic dedication, devotion and determination will never be forgotten and will be saluted for sacred journeys of virtue, vision and wisdom always poured into your prolific efforts to rid violence from our midst. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. It is the truth and trust that gained you respect from your peers as well as being motivated and highly diligent and vigilant.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 9, 2025
So special, precious and humbly blessed and heroically loyal and esteemed, your life and professional public service career with Dade County, Officer Cook, shall never be forgotten. You worked tirelessly on behalf of the residents of your beloved community to enhance and to enforce the laws bringing peace, stability and safety to all who cherished you just as your family that has missed your sweet face and smile so greatly all these decades later. Time marches on but honor, dignity and unselfish integrity and outstanding character all remain a vitally essential portion of your heroic legacy to be saluted for the dedication and truest of commitments of trustworthiness and now as one of God's sacred and solemn angels may you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Persevering and persistent in your battles over violence and strife your badge and uniform spelled out the words, diligence and vigilance.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 8, 2025
A very brave and bold young man of substance and outstanding faith, devotion and dedication laying everything on the line to service and to protect the people of Dade County. Your sacred life and career, Officer Cook, were well supported by the pillars of honor, integrity and dignity fortifying humanity which has struggled to cope since you were taken back to heaven. Commitment, character and conviction must be as true and trustworthy as the solemn affirmation that you willingly undertook fifty years ago. Now as a heroic angel whose legacy shine bright may you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. It's in your family's genes and bloodlines to carry out your essential aspirations which are to be cherished as esteem and loyalty as they live their lives of humility and unselfish pursuits in goodwill, peace and enhancement.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 6, 2025
A righteous man of resilience and resourcefulness whose gallantry galvanized his beloved community of Dade County. Officer Cook, you will forever be revered as a public service officer, honest, dignified and full of integrity. Our civility, stability and peaceful pursuits were launched because of your unselfish sacrifice on behalf of humanity. Always a composed gentleman of character, commitment and the true conviction of trust esteem and loyalty. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 5, 2025
Today being July 4th, Officer Cook, you are certainly missed all these decades later though you forever be remembered and saluted for giving the honest effort, having integrity and the true and trusted fortitude of dignity and character that patrolled the streets of Dade County for freedom, liberty and equality for every citizen. Now as one of God's many angels of fruition, esteem and loyalty may you humility and unselfish heart and soul be blessed and watched over as you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Just a man of meaningful diligence and reverence. Due diligence given to every person. A man treasured by his family, department and close friends.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 4, 2025
It's a common theme to fight crime but as always caution, care, consideration and concern must be upheld as defending the public is essential. To shield us from harm and heinousness means that each servant must give of themselves. That is exactly why a humble and humane heart and soul must be exercised at every corner, road and path. Where your unwavering, unrelenting and unselfish heroism reacted, Officer Cook, they reached the top of the ladder. Those rungs of resiliency, resourcefulness and virtue were certainly beyond the crowd. As a leader you must first demonstrate certain disciplines of honesty, integrity and dignity as your paths and trails were solid like a rock and always so loyal, truthful and most trustworthy. The citizens of Dade County were always always provided top notch dedicated service as our stability and safety were looked after very carefully. Never forgotten and solemnly saluted for bravery, charisma, charm and just treasured passion. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend, angel and hero. The lessons, the morals, ideals, scruples and values were representative off faithful commitment, conviction and character only of decency, desire and determination. You will always be missed by your family who carries your inspirations and aspirations forward in their everyday lives and pursuits of peace and happiness. You sir made your beloved parents, sister and extended family members extremely proud. Keith Di Genova told me you were 5'8'' and one-hundred and sixty pounds of highly impactful energy and efficiency as proficient as it gets. Badge#1664 was about the means of reverence, respect, patience along poignant diligence and vigilance as it pays the public going forward.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 3, 2025
To protect, serve and save lives is the goal of every woman and man who angelically honor their roles of gallantry with pride, perseverance and unselfish dignity, integrity and character as you, Officer Cook, so heroically did on behalf of Dade County folks. With every morsel of mettle, with every fiber of scruples and with each fabric of faithfulness, firmness and fairness did you solemnly respect your badge and uniform even when danger struck. Tragic that you had to give your life and you'll forever be solemnly remembered and saluted for each syllable of esteem, loyalty and the sanctity of your journeys of endeavor, effort and yearning. An oath is sacred and so is versatility, responsibility and accountability all shared by warriors who welcome the challenge to step up to the plate of unwavering commitments and convictions and yours, Officer Cook, were always will be inspirational. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Your were a prince of a gentleman who epitomized what public service is all about. It's a twenty-four seven day profession that never slumbers nor drifts away.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 3, 2025
Nerves of steel and a golden heroic heart, Officer Cook, that served Dade County with humbly blessed integrity, dignity and character that gave us stability, serenity and security forevermore. Your truth and trust enhanced humanity beyond anything and your versatility, vision and virtue saved the day just so sad you cannot be here with family and friends celebrating July 4th. Commitment and conviction all angelic and may you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 3, 2025
A man and a gentleman of faith, devotion and humanely humble and blessed piety all used diligently to patrol Dade County streets with an underlying passion, compassion and concern for every human being and humanity won't overlook your life and career, Officer Cook, steadfastly pioneered by a persevering man of truth and trust buckled together with dignity and integrity created from character, conviction and commitment to succeed. You never gave in to temptation nor wavered in your unselfish heroism to rid us of adversity and unwanted violence that took you from us, your family and colleagues who worked beside loyalty, esteem and just a proud, humble and uniquely sincere man of vigilance and respect. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Your compasses of virtue, versatility and sanctity all faced the same direction, its paths of fortitude all measured exactly as Our Creator had planned only wish it did not end so wrongly and you'll be saluted and paid homage for a performance and a job well undertaken. Our serenity and safety came about through your tunnels of tenacity and reserved righteousness.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 2, 2025
A heart, soul and heroic spirit all blessed abundantly during your life and career of public service, Officer Cook. Your beloved family, cherished comrades and dearest friends all knew the with, smile and humility that bubbled from your being the strength of which served Dade County and its loyal folks with esteem and special character, commitment and conviction all clearly earmarked with our protection and stabilizing safety in mind. You will never be forgotten and will be faithfully, truthfully saluted for giving every ounce of honor, intuition and ingenuity that keeps on fortifying the paths and trails of mankind and its pursuits of happiness, goodwill and prosperity as your angelic soul watches over us... Your sacrifice of trustworthiness, dedication, devotion and resilience only demonstrates the love and appreciation you gained along with diligence and reverence in comprehending your unselfish and unwavering roles of highly skilled yet perilous onuses placed upon your broad shoulders. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 2, 2025
Dedication, determination and devotion are dictated as agents that fight and battle evil and other such adversity that affect a community. Here in Dade County, you served an important professional role and that was to protect us from harm sheltering our peace and stability while you made your career pursuits of patrolling your beloved home community. When you combine direction everything heroic in the names of honesty, dignity and integrity the outcomes are usually hopeful. Never one to give up your character, commitment and convictions, Officer Cook, were spot on as was your truthfully guarded loyalty, trustworthiness and cherished angelic esteem. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 1, 2025
With warm affection and esteemed heroism did you, Officer Cook, serve and save the people of Dade County. Your might was right, your strength was honorable and most highly dignified. When you place integrity, character and commitment under the umbrellas of both truth and trust chances are success even a tad will result. We will never forget you, your family and comrades who battled adversity with the very same acumen, awareness and accentuation as you forever acquitted yourself with leadership, virtue and sacred wisdom that has been passed down to others who bravely face adversity. An angel who forever rests in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Intelligent, intuition and ingenuity were your greatest of traits.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 30, 2025
A genuinely lovely gentleman all honor, all character, dignity and integrity. All heart, soul and your loyal and heroic humility, reaching out to protect the lives of Dade County and its citizens. You were a truly first class warrior, Officer Cook and a man of his bond whose commitment to excel and to endeavor was undertaken in a virtuous manner with truth and trust leading the flocks of faith, devotion and steadfast dedication to both being vigilant and diligent. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. You'll always be your family's angel of enhancement, cherished for eternity. Your sacred journeys remain a vital and visionary portion of your legacy.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 30, 2025
Transparent means just that. Truth and trustworthiness are the warriors that greatly assist our very heroes and heroines as they did each day for you, Officer Cook. A nobly loyal and esteemed Dade County law enforcement professional who sole responsibility was to protect your family and the citizens from violence and evil. Having dignity, honesty and integrity supporting your every pillar of faith, goodwill and dedication was the driving factor behind justice, serenity and security never to be forgotten. We salute a man of valor, versatility and virtue with clear vision, vigilance to be remembered as an angel. Respect and unselfishness were found in your heart, soul and spirit of compassion and understanding character, charm and the commitments where convictions were an essential priority. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 29, 2025
A picture of a man of heroic and humble heart is a gentleman well blessed in unselfish and unwavering honesty, integrity and dignity that served the residents of Dade County very well. Officer Cook, your cherished and loyal name shall forever remain your legacy etched in endeavor, efficiency and energetic enhancement that delivered peace, stability and safe havens for all to travel through. Never forgotten and saluted for outstanding character, true and trustworthy commitment to excel and the blankets of conviction covering us at all moments. Badge#1664 was truly a remarkable inspiration as it serves as a springboard for all other officers who bravely take to the streets on patrols. An angel well deserving of his wings. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Your respect, vigilance and diligence are surely humbly praiseworthy.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 28, 2025
A strong will and goodwill are a hero's best companions. You provided quality, Officer Cook, to Dade County folks to be humbly and honorably remembered and solemnly saluted. Virtue, vision are dignity and integrity's labors of esteem and having a blessed and humanely enhanced heart and angelic soul. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 27, 2025
You rest so you can be productive the next day. A body that uses a lot of energy heroic, honored and decent requires every extra line of defense to ward off wanton violence. And your blessed heart and soul, Officer Cook, surely worked its utmost to satisfy the essential needs of all Dade County citizens. For superior endeavor and integrity that stapled dignity to your side may you be remembered and saluted for the noble character, commitment and convictions all truly trustworthy and angel like. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. A gentleman gifted with unselfish and relentless pursuits will never be forgotten as loyalty, esteem all were diligent as you performed your vigilant responsibilities.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 26, 2025
A man so beloved, heroic and very humble. You did everything in your official power that fateful day, Officer Cook, to stop a very evil and sinister man from inflicting more violence upon the people of Dade County. Yes, when honesty, dignity and integrity are severely disrupted than peace, freedom and security maybe harder to come by. Yet, as the decades roll ongoing forward you are sure to be solemnly remembered and loyally saluted for possessing the proper character, commitment and truest of convictions to properly maintain the law and order on the streets needed for everyone to live freely. That was trust, desire and decency all flowing the way of dedication, determination and esteemed fortitude. We the citizens must demonstrate the right frame of mind to look back upon your stoic life and professional public service career. Now and forever an angel in heaven. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Paths of perseverance, trails blazed with tenacity all faithfully adhered to and may those who have taken your watch do their duly solemn jobs with safety and protection guiding them until they return home to their loved ones.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
June 25, 2025

