The latest govt announcement initiating the process to draft the new Goa Police Bill, 2023 is not new; attempts were made to introduce the bill in the Assembly; the first bid was in 1996, the bill was based on the Singapore model of policing; it was rejected by the then President of India; in 2008, when bill was re-drafted and re-introduced in Assembly in 2009; it was sent to Select Committee and lapsed in 2012 following Assembly dissolution