Francis Michael Roache[1] (August 3, 1936 – December 17, 2018) was an American law enforcement officer and politician who served as the Boston Police Commissioner from 1985 to 1993.

[5] On February 1, 1985, as a lieutenant who headed the BPD's Community Disorders Unit,[6] Roache was appointed acting Police Commissioner.

[8][9] During his tenure as Commissioner, Roache instituted mandatory drug testing for BPD employees and won praise for his efforts to root out corruption in the department.

[12] In December 1990, the Massachusetts Attorney General's office released a report which detailed a variety of civil rights violations committed by the BPD.

Violations described in the report included random frisking of minority youth and coercing witnesses to testify in the Stuart case.