I sympathise with the asthma. It cuts out many options directly and a fair number indirectly. Unfortunately it often stops you getting a job where the asthma wouldn't be a problem because the step before would be a problem. Eg. No reason you couldn't be a scene of crime technician except you have to qualify for the police first (NZ).
Where I am police forces have civilian employees as well. I have a good friend that has a 4 year degree in criminology and works for a local police force in the Guns and Gangs Unit. They study trends, look for patterns, link cases together, etc, etc. More big picture kind of thing. Before this job she worked as a 911 operator which she loved (just not the shift work part of it). Totally not careers that I could do but she would hate my "boring" job
