Two county police officers are suing the department for $4 million, claiming their supervisors in Pasadena repeatedly retaliated against them and stalled their careers after one of the men complained a female officer was sexually harassing him.

Officer Michael Morningstar, who was named Eastern District Officer of the Year for four of the past nine years according to the lawsuit, argued that over the past three years he was ridiculed in front of coworkers and superiors, given poor reviews without reason and even demoted for filing an Internal Affairs complaint against Officer Kathleen P. Sauerhoff.

Officer Michael Harper, who...