Francis Michael Roache (August 3, 1936 – December 17, 2018) was an American policeman and politician. He was the Boston Police Commissioner from 1985 to 1993, was a member of the Boston City Council from 1996 to 2002, and was Suffolk County Register of Deeds from 2002 to 2015. He ran for Mayor of Boston in 1993.
Roache was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He studied at Boston State College. Roache died on December 17, 2018 in Boston, at the age of 82.