The article advocates redistribution of powers between the probation service and the public prosecution service regarding carrying out community sanctions. The article proposes the following: (1) separate the duties of the probation service regarding community sanctions from its other duties, i.e., aid and assistance and information to the court; (2) make that part of the probation service which deals with community sanctions the responsibility of the public prosecution service; and (3) let complaints about the execution of community sanctions not be handled by the probation service itself but by either an independent execution judge or a complaints department comparable to the complaint departments in prison. Notes, references