Metro-Dade Police Department, Florida
End of Watch Wednesday, May 16, 1979
Reflections for Police Officer William Coleman Cook
Reverence has to be honored as dignity, integrity and character patrol their areas where acumen, awareness and astuteness have to be seriously functional. Your career and life, Officer Cook, exemplified a gentleman of heart, soul and humanity. For humility and mankind to pursue their dreams, goals and aspirations your being had to be able to handle many roles all dangerous and filled with whatever came with assignments to serve and to protect. Commitment and conviction so true and trustworthy always such a loyal and greatly esteemed angel of bravery, virtue and wisdom. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Vigilance and diligence combining their forces of ferocity to overcome adversity.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
March 26, 2025
A man just blessed by everything meaningful and inspirational in the words of honesty, dignity and integrity. Those three traits of discipline usually can never let you down nor lead you astray. Officer Cook. you followed the paths and trails of excellent character, conviction and commitment in your solemn service of and to Dade County and its citizens summoning your heralded strength, determination and steadfast dedication to create the proper atmosphere of peace, prosperity and safe havens for mankind which will salute, cherish and forever respect your angelic life and career sacrificed for humanity to remain blessed as you watch over your loved ones from above as you and your sacred journeys rest in peace along with you my neighbor, friend and hero. Unselfish, unwavering and constantly persevering and diligent.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
March 26, 2025
With a spirit of heroic humility, a heart and soul blessed by nobility, a very stabile and sound home environment, your whole life and public service career, Officer Cook, serving Dade County was just the start. The genesis of hope, reality and the faithful devotion of a gentleman who dressed with respectful character, lived by commitment to excel and one who possessed the truest of convictions, they led your trails and paths of integrity, dignity and honesty where stability and peace belonged. Journeys undertaken with a sense of unselfish compassion all solemnly saluted and remembered for wisdom, vision and virtue combining forces to produce equality for mankind who shall not forget your name and legacy as an angel of your beloved family. Loyal to a tee and cherished beyond words of comfort and salvation. May you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
March 25, 2025
Heroism, heart and humility belong with one's soul and spirit. Those attributes, Officer Cook, were a vivid part of your professional life and solemn public service career protecting Dade County's folks who have peace and liberty to pursue their lives of purpose and passion. You'll never be forgotten and will be saluted for virtue, courage and sacred versatility which combined with unselfish dignity, integrity and your honored character, commitment and truly trustworthy convictions. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Journeys and missions of fairness, faithfulness and dependability so vital to the causes of peace not evil and violence.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
March 24, 2025
A heroic young man, a gentleman of humility, heart and a very blessed soul, that was you, Officer Cook, living your life and performing a valuable profession in public service. Serving The citizens of Dade County with honesty, integrity and dignity so loyal, trusted and truly dependable. Where would our stability and freedoms be today if not for what you solemnly accomplished over forty-six years making the ultimate sacrifice of character, commitment and convictions all angelic and forevermore hovering over the entire world and your beloved family as you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero with virtue, vision and wisdom unselfishly doing their due vigilance and diligence every watch. To those taking your watch please be smart, be safe and stay attuned to your environments as you faithfully patrol the very same paths and trails as Officer Cook, Badge#1664 admired and humanely reverent.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
March 23, 2025
We all have things that set us off. Violence and evil sets the world on fire and good public servants such as yourself, Officer Cook, heroically did your job with loyal, esteemed and blessed integrity, dignity and honesty that was humility within your unselfish heart and soul of true character, commitment and conviction that protected and patrolled Dade County with virtue, reverence and diligence that was all humane and compassionate. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend, angel and hero. Your legacy and wings will keep you soaring above for eternity.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
March 22, 2025
One salute for heroic virtue, dignity, integrity and honorable character that patrolled Dade County with truly trustworthy respect, diligence and due vigilance. You can not gone wrong when you adhere to principles, morals and values. Officer Cook, you remain beloved by your family, colleagues and friends who knew a loyal, esteemed and treasured servant who protected our very peace and stability and is now and for eternity a truly humble and blessed angel. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Your vision and caring and unselfish convictions and commitments shall be remembered and forever a part of your legacy.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
March 22, 2025
A blessed man of heart, loyalty and humility all deep within your heroic soul, Officer Cook. You were the servant who made that ultimate sacrifice on behalf of Dade County that gave us peace of mind and a stabilizing freedom to go about our very lives. Character, truth and trust all combining with commitment, dignity and integrity that will keep being saluted and honorably noted as your family's angel in heaven. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
March 21, 2025
Your heart, soul and well being must always be in the right location as yours was, Officer Cook, so wisely, humbly and blessed for your sincerest devotion to protecting the residents of Dade County with peace, liberty and stability. The ethics, truth and trust of a noble warrior of honesty, dignity and integrity all from your unassuming, unselfish and unwavering character, commitment and convictions all filled with virtue, pride and sacred missions undertaken with loyalty, esteem and to be solemnly saluted and treasured by your loved ones who carry forward your legacy of humility and sacrifice. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend, angel and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
March 20, 2025
Officer Cook, you performed your professional roles as a most heroic, humble and honorable young man. Truly a first gentleman of pride, character and both trustworthy commitment and conviction that is precisely why there is serenity and stability as we the citizens go about our daily lives. Dignity, heart and soul coupled with outstanding effort all made us realize how valuable and versatile you really were and so sincerely missed by everyone today, your family and colleagues. The angel in you can float gracefully above looking down on those as brave as you were in conducting their very same responsibilities. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Respect, diligence and efficient vigilance shall be hailed and solemnly saluted for its desire, decency and dedication. Paths and trails all lines with principles, values and unselfish morals and scruples.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
March 19, 2025
A man of heart, soul and eagle eyes all humbly blessed, beloved and most heroic. Your talents and character were so much essential into making Dade County your community a much more viable and serener area. Thanks to your acumen, awareness, dignity, integrity and reserved and highly reverent honesty, Officer Cook, the responsibilities of truth and trust, conviction and commitment were loyally, faithfully and fully carried out with an unselfish and unwavering heart that only knew going forward. This is how your beloved family has carried your cherished legacy all these decades later as you will forevermore be missed, saluted and surely never forgotten. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend, angel and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
March 18, 2025
To accentuate integrity, dignity and honesty, you must uphold your character, commitment and conviction in all your purposes of life. During your career, Officer Cook, everything in your acumen and awareness was used to protect the safety, security and serenity of the folks. We can never forget the hero in you, your heart and soul all unwavering and unselfish did their roles with a mission of faith, dedication and desire following your true and trusted paths of perseverance. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend, angel and hero. Your heroically blessed wings keeping you aloft forevermore in God's heavenly pastures.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
March 17, 2025
A salute of honor, integrity and dignity, Officer Cook, is always offered for a truly trustworthy angel of class, desire, commitment and conviction for aiding and serving the folks of Dade County bringing peace, freedom and a purpose to life as yours had much more time. Sadly, you made the ultimate sacrifice of wisdom, unselfish virtue and sacred journeys of faith and effort to make things go onward. You were so loyal, esteemed and dependable and never forgotten. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
March 17, 2025
A hero of heart, charm and soul and that you were heroically, Officer Cook, so dearly beloved by your family, comrades and friends. Dade County has cherished a man of devotion, faith and true and trusted wisdom with a legacy forever glowing with pride and passion, character, commitment and conviction all flowing along with unselfish endeavor, respect and due diligence. Integrity, honesty and dignity that brought us peace and stability to be remembered and solemnly saluted. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend, hero and angel of blessed humbleness.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
March 16, 2025
You protected us here in Dade County, Officer Cook and your heroic life, career and blessed name of honor, integrity, character and dignity shall be saluted and never forgotten. The truest and most trustworthy of angels. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Utilizing unselfish and unwavering reverence, virtue and wisdom you can be sure your legacy is properly carried on by your family.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
March 15, 2025
Thinking and doing are two different things. It's found in honesty, dignity and integrity where faith, resiliency and devotion can make the difference and in your young life and heroic career, Officer Cook, they made effort and efficiency well known as you protected Dade County with unwavering and unselfish loyalty, esteem and remain a cherished hero and blessed member of your family who carries your legacy close to their hearts as you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero of commitment, class, conviction and true and trusted character. What a warrior! And a gentleman of valor, virtue and sacred morals and nobility.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
March 14, 2025
Class and dignity all told elevate one's integrity and heroic honesty as way the case with you, Officer Cook, your life and professional career protecting Dade County's citizens was just the beginning. It must have brought pride and blessings to your adored family, your mother, father, sister and your beloved wife, Karen all a major part of your missions and journeys of faith, effort and character exercising their humble might, loyalty and esteem of a very cherished and noble warrior. A man of God devout and dedicated to serving your community with pleasure yet with caring compassion always solemnly remembered and saluted for maintaining their virtue, vision and wisdom. Seeing the big picture is obviously critical to any watch and as your family and department's angel may you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero understanding your gave energy, unselfishness and were grateful. We the people should be indebted to you after you gave your life, heart and soul for our stability and peace your responsibility you undertook with a clear mind and unwavering spirit. As stated many times badge#1664 was about respect, diligence and the versatility of vigilance given back to mankind.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
March 13, 2025
You rose to the occasion, Officer Cook, handling every situation with class, decency and pure desire and that's why we here in Dade County have a semblance of peace and stability each day even though you remain absent from your family who does humbly carry your heroic legacy with them in their daily pursuits, journeys and sacred missions of dignity, faith, integrity and sterling honesty which was in your heart and soul. Your blessed spirit of virtue and wisdom all angelic is in eternity where you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero of character, commitment and every ounce of stoic conviction.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
March 12, 2025
Grit, gumption and fortitude stretch as far as the truth and trust stay bonded to each other. Your good name and heroic career and life, Officer Cook, stays perpetuated within your family's resources of yearning and purpose. Each day Dade County and its people must not ever forget the savior and warrior that resided here for a quarter of a century. Dignity, integrity and loyally blessed and humane honesty all leading your faithfully energized patrols down the paths and trails where excellence and esteem went along with unselfish and an unrelenting went. Now an angel saluted for virtue and sanctity. May you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. It was your pronounced caring, compassion, character and highly skillful commitments and convictions that led to peace and safety for mankind never to take for granted. Respect, allegiance and diligence that was superb and supremely thoughtful.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
March 12, 2025
You searched your heroic heart and soul, Officer Cook, for answers and that fateful day Our Lord called you home and we still do not understand why He took you away from your family and comrades. He needed your integrity, character and the dignity of being an unselfish and blessed man of faith to assist him in heaven where you made the ultimate sacrifice of true allegiance and trustworthiness of an angel. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
March 12, 2025
Sacrificing your heart, soul and life, Officer Cook, you'll be remembered and saluted for being a Dade County hero of virtue, valor and versatility. They stand on God's throne of glory and mercy. Our peace of mind and quality of life can be directly traced to your true and trustworthy trails and paths of humbly blessed dignity, integrity and honesty. You donned your uniform and badge of authority and reverence with true allegiance for your professional position where excellent character, conviction and commitment required all the resources of faithfulness and resiliency in order to protect and serve with all your energy. Now and forever your beloved family's angel of bravery, rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Esteemed and loyal, treasured by mankind for embracing a dangerous job that you accepted willingly without hesitation. You are missed terribly!
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
March 11, 2025
Faith must be fairly balanced between the words of sacred truth, trust, decency, dignity and integrity. And no matter the case honesty, humility and character must all make that solemn commitment to exercise justice done properly. Dade County had that accomplished when you, Officer Cook, heroically served and protected your humbly blessed home and department where your name and legend stand forever shining now they do that in heaven for eternity as your angel wings carry you from one beat to another without so much as any harm coming your way. Intuition, intelligence and ingenuity that all ferocity and tenacity moving down the trails and paths giving us the much needed safety and serenity to carry with our daily lives and yours my neighbor, friend and hero should never have ended so tragically nearly forty-six years ago. A loyal, dedicated and treasured gentleman of gallantry that galvanized, energy that made the supreme efforts day after day to be saluted and not overlooked for versatility and onus put forth the most proficient of watches. Rest in peace. Badge#1664 was widely admired, beloved and respected for its vigilance and surveillances over us and your family. I'm glad I got to meet part of them, Gina, Trevor their kids except Legacy and of course meeting Justin who gave my letter to your beloved mother, Mrs. Julia Cook may she and your dad Charles rest in peace.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
March 11, 2025
The will of mankind demands peace, security and serenity in order for life's functions to move forward. Your mission, Officer Cook, was accepted willingly and on Dade County's behalf. Your integrity, dignity and humane honesty and character stood and still forever remain tall and proud as your family continues your legacy going onward. They have missed you tremendously. A gentleman of faith, commitment and a heart and soul of an angel so cherished, loyal and esteemed. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Truth and trust patrolling each day with a diligent smile and candid demeanor.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
March 11, 2025
The blood of a brave and heroic warrior flowing freely throughout your heart and soul of humility, loyalty and character. That being said, Officer Cook, Dade County has never forgotten you for giving the people your entire unselfish and unwavering spirit and virtue. Such integrity, commitment and dignity all rose to the top as our ways of life and its pursuits came about through your passionate aspirations. You will be saluted for being a noble, dedicated and faithful man of truth and trust. An angel always watching over his family, friends and colleagues may you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Sacred missions of goodwill, hope and a blessed heart shall remain your legacy that stands proud.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
March 10, 2025
A man of driven dignity, destiny and blessed desire all making patrols around Dade County where you, Officer Cook, protected the public with intense integrity and heroic honesty. You'll never be forgotten and saluted for virtue, valor and the wisdom of an angel of true trustworthiness. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Character, conviction and commitment all stellar, cherished and first class.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
March 9, 2025

