PORTLAND (AP) – The arrest of a camp counselor on child pornography charges has led some Maine officials to call for new regulations on summer camps.

“I think we need to be consistently asking ourselves, Are we doing the best for our children?”‘ said Michael Cantara, Maine’s commissioner of public safety.

Maine State Police last month arrested Matthew Elansky, 22, of Boston, at Camp Takajo in Naples, where Elansky was a counselor. Elansky is charged with having child pornography on his computer.

There is no evidence that Elansky acted inappropriately while at the camp, police said.

Maine does not require criminal background checks for the hundreds of camp workers who care for more than 14,000 campers in the state in a given week each summer.

Many Maine camps voluntarily screen counselors with background checks and other procedures, said Bette Bussel, director of the American Camping Association’s New England region.

“It’s only one portion of what camp directors need to do,” she said.

“There’s interviews, reference checks, training before camp…and most important, supervision while camp is in session.”