Francois Beaulieu

"You liar! You filthy Corleone goombah! You have no proof! I'm a family man!"

- Beaulieu when Pisano accuses him of cheating his wife

Francois Beaulieu (first name pronounced Franz-swah) is the chief of police in the France City area known as Mid Town. He is the former "forced" cop on payroll for the Corleone Family until their de-facto disbandment thanks to the Fortunato Regime and DeVazzi Family for who Francois works today.

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Francois is believed to have worked on the police force for over thirty years and is not far from retirement today. A witty and no-nonsense cop, Frank was never suspected of bribery unlike the slimy cops and chiefs in Little Town, however, that can be thanked to the strong connection he had with the newspaper agencies and journalists who made sure Beaulieu was never suspected of foul deeds at all. He was however, tried in court at least once for numerous unknown reasons but all the charges against him were eventually dropped.

In 2011, Francois was asked by Don Emilio Barzini to transport Big Bobby Toro, his favourite capo who worked for the Stracci Family, to France City Penitentiary prison in order to stay safe. Unfortunately for the rival mobs, Charlie Trapani killed Toro with the allowance of the cops themselves who were guarding him, as he bribed them all.

In 2012, Frank was believed in all of the public eye to also be a family man and a good friend of his favourite barber, Isao Kimota, but Beaulieu secretly indulged himself with the prostitutes of Flowers of Scotland and Orchid Incorporated, unaware that a photographer secretly took pictures of all the clients, including him. When walking around Mid Town like he owned the place, Richie Pisano used this discreet information and the incriminating photographs to blackmail the chief into his family's submission.

Despite turning his back on the then-powerful Corleone Family, the chief was saved by any scandal by the more powerful Fortunato Regime, a mob he even works for today on payroll.

Trivia

 * After Francois's retirement, it is unknown who will be the main cop on payroll for the Fortunatos in France.
 * According to rumours and the infobox picture, Francois was at least once tried in court for numerous scandals. However, he never got charged with any of them, either because of powerful lawyer connections or court connections.
 * It is rumoured he hired Tony Bianchi to be his lawyer at at least one of the court meetings.