During the Season 7 premiere ("The 34th Floor"), Detective Taylor honored Monroe by awarding her a "Combat Cross" for shooting , which continued from the previous season's finale. The award caused Monroe to struggle from flashbacks of the shooting, which in turn causes her to storm out of her therapy session and throw her medal in the trash, after denying having felt anything remorseful or regretful from the shooting. After receiving a present in the mail from Stella, who had transferred to New Orleans, Monroe is comforted by Mac and Danny (who had retrieved her medal), assuring her that she deserved the award for saving her daughter's life.