If the Idaho State Police had to just absorb the funding cut when it loses gas tax funds a year from tomorrow, ISP would have to lay off 204 people, Lt. Col. Kevin Johnson just told a legislative task force. "On the patrol side we would have to cut 123 officers, that's just troopers." The remainder of the layoffs would be sergeants, lieutenants, captains and dispatch personnel. "That would leave us with a small amount of people to cover the county roads and federal and state highways," he said. "It would not be enough, obviously, to patrol. ... We would essentially not be patrolling the highways." Currently, ISP patrols the roads with about 35 troopers per day, he said. "Mostly, we're covering the highways right now from 6 a.m. until 2 a.m."