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In the aftermath of the Aisling Symes inquiry, questions are being asked about how police cope with the emotional toll of such an investigation.
Former top cop Graham Bell understands the anguish that Inspector Gary Davey has undergone over the last week in the search for Aisling.
"(These) things do have an impact on you, because we all have our own children and grandchildren," Bell says.
The 100-strong team of Operation Longburn will now be feeling the impact of Aisling's death.
Police staff who dealt with Aisling's body, such as forensic photographers, are considered most at risk of trauma.
To help them cope, many of the officers will now undergo compulsory professional counselling.
The biggest fear is what psychologists call the "cumulative effect", where stress on officers who have worked on several gruelling cases reaches breaking point.
Police Association president Greg O'Connor says previously many of these effects were not recognised.
"Certainly a lot of police officers who left in the '80s and '90s suffered from a cumulative effect. I think we're a lot better at dealing with it now," he says.
As well as counselling, police say support from colleagues and their own families is the best remedy.
"You'd be amazed how many police officers who work on these inquiries, the first thing they do when they get home is go and give their kids a cuddle," O'Connor says.
