Name to Shame

Yes, names should be made public.
Members of the public may wish to state their personal disapproval to offenders.

Today's Morning Star headline "Residents still failing to comply" (with the province-wide campfire ban) included a sentence:  "...one golf course that did a bunch of trimmings after a storm and burned during the day."

Name the offending course!

Why? 
Because now all area golf courses are tarred with the same brush as people drive by and wonder "Was it this course that risked yet another devastating nearby wildfire?"

Sgt. Josh Lockwood, conservation officer, states "There is zero tolerance now."
As it should be.

After all, convicted child offenders' names, complete with photos, are emblazoned on community newspapers warning the public that they've relocated there following, say, the end of their incarceration.

That's how it should be.
Why is a potential 4,000 hectare wildfire that evacuates thousands of residents, burns homes, livestock, and personal property, and threatens fire fighters' lives be deemed to be any less serious than the risk posed when a child offender relocates to the community.

Name in the newspaper the boating offenders who have violated alcohol consumption or safety issues.
Name the littering and angling without a licence offenders.
Name the residents who use burning barrels and tourists who ignore campfire bans.
Name the perpetrators of impaired driving on back roads.

"That certainly would have more impact with their acquaintances than a dollar fine and the present anonymity," states Kia.

Name to shame.
Do it.