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BOSTON (CBS) - A Haitian immigrant herself, Nadine Dorcena first met Boston Police detective Yves Dambreville when she was a little girl.
"As a kid growing up you knew that if he was around somewhere, you felt safe," she said.
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"Growing up here, in this community, he would see if you are in the street late or you're somewhere you're not supposed to be then he'll say, 'What are you doing out here this time of night? Go home!' It wasn't like the authority figure, it was more like a father figure looking out for us in the community."
Dorcena now works for Boston's Haitian Multi-Service Center where she is carrying on Dambreville's legacy of giving back to his city.
"I was telling somebody last night, if you didn't know him, that's when you were a newcomer," she said. "Everyone knew him. It's a great loss for the community."
Dambreville was a dedicated community organizer as well as a police officer.
He served as liaison between his fellow Haitians and the administrations of former