It's been a turbulent time for Neptune, with a wide range of lawsuits arising regarding its police department.

The video above explains some of the issues faced by the force.

Here is a list of 5 lawsuits against Neptune, involving the police force:

1. The nine children of Tamara Wilson-Seidle

The children of Tamara Wilson-Seidle, who was gunned down by her ex-husband former Neptune Sgt. Philip Seidle, are suing the township along with the Asbury Park Police Department, the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office.

The suit alleges the township police department failed to adequately discipline Seidle and take away his service weapon.

The federal lawsuit was filed in June 2017, two years after Wilson-Seidle was shot and killed near Sewall and Ridge Avenues in Asbury Park.

THE CASE:Seidle children file federal lawsuit in mother's killing

2. The Asbury Park Press

The Press has filed a lawsuit in Monmouth County Superior Court against Neptune to receive access to more than 600 pages of internal affairs records involving former Sgt. Philip Seidle.

Seidle was sentenced to 30 years in prison on charges of aggravated manslaughter in September 2016 for his ex-wife's death.

THE CASE:Asbury Park Press sues Neptune to open Seidle records

3. Former Sgt. Elena Gonzalez

Elena Gonzalez, a former Neptune sergeant, resigned from the police force in April after alleging she was repeatedly sexually harassed and faced discrimination during her tenure on the force.

Gonzalez settled a lawsuit against the township in 2014 for $330,000, but filed another suit against the township in Monmouth County Superior Court in 2016, saying the harassment never abated. The 2016 suit is still making its way through court. You can watch a video of Gonzalez reading her emotional resignation letter above.

4. Sgt. Christine Savage

Like Gonzalez, Savage reached a settlement with the township in 2014 where she received a $330,000 payout after alleging she was sexually harassed and discriminated against at work.

Savage also filed another suit in 2016 alleging the harassment and racial discrimination did not cease. She is still employed by the township police force. Her case is still pending.

THE CASE:Neptune keeps police harassment report secret

5. Officer Kyheem Davis

Neptune police officer Kyheem Davis filed suit against the township in 2015 after saying he was retaliated against for supporting Gonzalez and Savage's accounts of harassment. Davis supported Gonzalez and Savage in a report by Gregory K. Turner Consulting LLC commissioned by the township in 2013.

The report has never been released, as detailed in the video on the Turner Report below. Davis said he was later subjected to unfair discipline by the department. His case is still pending.

ALSO MAY SUE:

The New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police has indicated that Neptune Police Chief James Hunt will sue the township for its restructuring of the police department's management.

The township voted in July to form a police committee to oversee the department.

Previously, the department was managed by the township's Chief Financial Officer Michael Bascom, who served as police director. The New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police argued that the committee will inject politics into the management of the police department and also encroach on Hunt's statutory rights as chief.

The association also worried that the language of the original ordinance forming the committee could lead to a subordinate employee of the chief being placed on the oversight committee.

A suit has not yet been filed.

Austin Bogues 732-643-4009; abogues@gannettnj.com

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