Francis Erich Bischof, LVO, QPM (12 October 1904 – 28 August 1979) was the Queensland Police Commissioner in Australia from January 1958 until his resignation, on 13 February 1969, amidst allegations of corruption.

[1] Frank Bischof was born at Gowrie Junction, Queensland, on 12 October 1904, the fourth child in a family of nine, and grew up on a dairy farm.

Described as 'the Big Fella' – Bischof was 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) tall and weighed 16 stone (100 kg) – he gained thirty-two convictions in thirty-three murder investigations.

[1] Tony Fitzgerald, who between 1987 and 1989 headed a commission of inquiry into corruption in Queensland, commented on page 31 of his report that the appointment of Bischof, who was a Mason, marked a deliberate transition away from the previously dominant Irish-Catholic "Green Mafia" influence in the Queensland Police, particularly since Bischof was appointed over the head of the more senior James Edward Donovan, a Catholic.

One specific incident related in evidence concerned an occasion when he prevented a proposed undercover operation to apprehend the principal responsible for illegal baccarat games.

He was also deduced by honest Licensing Branch police to have been the person who warned a country "SP" (starting price) bookmaker of an impending raid.

The Commissioner, Justice Harry Gibbs did not find that such a service operated, but he did criticise the lax enforcement of the licensing laws due to friendships between hotel management and police.