CEDAR RAPIDS - 1,300 jobs and more than $500-million dollars. That's the state's plan to balance the budget amid a drop in tax revenue.

Of those 1,300 job cuts, 862 would come from the Department of Justice. Cuts that would be felt in very real ways.

The Iowa State Patrol's district office in Cedar Rapids staffs the most troopers of any of the state's locations. But its district commander says 24 road troopers are no where near enough to cover 6 counties.

Take Wednesday's bank robbery in Oxford for example, it put all 3 daytime troopers out of commission for any other calls. And the next shift had to split resources.

"We just had an attempted sexual abduction on the interstate from a truck driver with a hitch hiker, and I only have two troopers out there looking for this trucker," Iowa State Patrol Lt. Randy Jones said.

Lt. Jones points to Monday's semi crash that shut down Interstate 80 near Oxford as more proof the state patrol is understaffed.

"That took every trooper we had working, 3 for the day shift, and then the night shift went down to relieve them. It took 6 troopers the entire 8 hours, and had no one else to respond to any other calls due to one accident."

The proposed cuts for the Department of Public Safety include laying off 20 state troopers by year's end.

Some, no one knows how many, will take place at the Cedar Rapids office.

The Department of Corrections is also bracing for potential layoffs The 6th judicial district community-based corrections office in Cedar Rapids could see about 40 layoffs, including parole and probation officers.

"Making sure the clients we have who are one step away from prison or are coming back out are on the right track, getting them into treatment programs," said Gary Hinzman.

And making sure the roughly 4,500 offenders in the area don't have more victims in the future. Fewer officers means less contact with offenders.

"We're not going to let things slide, but with less staff, there's only so many things you can do," Hinzman said.

Under Culver's proposed cuts, the department of public safety would lose 54 positions and the department of corrections would lose 515.

Unlike most state departments, these departments are fully funded the general fund, which explains why they are taking such a hit.

Both departments say they are going to fight to prevent as many layoffs as possible.