ASBURY PARK - A gray surveillance van. Repeated sexual harassment claims against a former police chief. Questions about finding a “scapegoat” after the murder of Tamara Wilson-Seidle by her police officer ex-husband.

The allegations within police Sgt. Marshawn Love’s lawsuit against the city over his “derailed” police career cover more than a decade in the Asbury Park Police Department, including rivalries with two different police chiefs.

Here are five things to know from Love’s lawsuit, filed last month.

The video above outlines some of the allegations made in the suit. Scroll to the bottom of this story to see the suit itself.

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1. Double demotion after shooting

Love was serving as a captain in the Asbury Park Police Department on June 16, 2015, when his longtime neighbor, Philip Seidle, a Neptune police sergeant, shot his ex-wife, Tamara Wilson-Seidle, at close range in Asbury Park.

Love, 43, responded to the scene but left twice: first, to drive the couple's 7-year-old daughter to safety — she had been riding in the car with her father — and later to bring another officer away from the scene, on the order of then-Capt. David Kelso.

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The Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office recommended that Love receive a double demotion to sergeant and 120 days suspension without pay, later confirmed by the city after a public disciplinary hearing. Seidle is serving a 30-year prison term after pleading guilty to aggravated manslaughter.

Love will have to prove the allegations in state Superior Court, where he is seeking reinstatement to the rank of captain, backpay as well as punitive damages. A trial date has not been set yet for the case.

Frederick Raffetto, city attorney for Asbury Park, declined to comment on the lawsuit, citing city policy not to talk about pending litigation.

2. Spy game?

Love was placed on medical leave by a doctor for three weeks while his disciplinary case was pending. During that time, Kelso — now the deputy chief — "requested the use of a gray surveillance van to conduct surveillance" on Love, according to the lawsuit.

The suit says Love's home was monitored for three weeks from Nov. 21, 2016, to Dec. 13, 2016, in an undercover investigation by the department's internal affairs division.

Kelso declined to comment on the case when reached by the Press.

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3. Retaliation after harassment claim

In 2006, former Asbury Park police officer Jessenia Davila-Vick filed suit against Anthony Salerno for alleged sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment during his time as a police captain.

The complaint was settled in 2011 and Salerno was told to have no further contact with Davila-Vick.

Three years later, she reported more harassment by Salerno – bringing the matter to the attention of Love, her direct supervisor. Love, in turn, reported it to then-Chief Mark Kinmon.

The lawsuit does not address any specific retaliation against Love for reporting the sexual harassment.

In August, former officer Davila-Vick was indicted on one count of possession of a controlled substance. She is no longer employed by the Asbury Park Police Department.

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4. Love had lofty goals

"It was no secret that (Love) desired the police chief title," the suit says.

But when the position became open in September 2014, the job went to Salerno, who retired from the department earlier this year.

Love's lawsuit aims to put him back on track, starting with a reinstatement to the rank of captain.

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5. Bias against black cops

According to the suit, the police department employs 100 police officers "with approximately one quarter to one-half being minorities."

The suit says that during Salerno's tenure as acting chief, 14 minority officers received discipline and that most received major discipline, including suspensions and termination.

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