A Louisiana cop has managed to put a smile on quite a few faces this week after a heartwarming photo attending to a little who was lost lit up the internet.

The police officer has since been identified as David Taylor, a member of the force in Crowley, who said a young woman brought he child to him as he patrolled the International Rice Festival at the weekend, and that the boy was clearly distressed.

'He was extremely upset ... I put him on my shoulders to see if he would be able to see his parents,' Taylor told ABC News.

It took Taylor about half an hour to find the boy's mother, by which time the little one had calmed down and eventually fell asleep.

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Heartwarming: This is one of two photos of Crowley police officer David Taylor that have gone viral this week, after he was snapped helping an upset little boy who lost his parents at the International Rice Festival

'What I was doing is nothing different from the rest of our law enforcement colleagues,' said officer Taylor

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'He started to fall asleep, and I moved him down to my chest.'

It's a photo of the exact scene Taylor explained that has made so many people happy.

The image was posted online and quickly spread on social media.

However Taylor is reluctant to accept any of the gravitas coming his way.

'What I was doing is nothing different from the rest of our law enforcement colleagues,' he said.

'The only difference is that someone took a photo of me.'

For the people who saw it, however, the impact was very different.

Texas resident Betty Thomas actually witnessed Taylor's efforts while at the festival.

'It's awesome to see an officer going above and beyond the call of duty': Witnesses Betty Thomas (left) and Carolyn Senegal (right) said it was a lovely sight to see the officer helping the boy

'We were walking through looking at things and we saw the police officer with the little boy that was lost,' she told KLFY.

'I understand that he helped the little boy for quite a while until he found the mother and that was just really great to see,' she added.

'He was just showing him the sights and holding him and keeping him comfortable.'

For Carolyn Senegal, who recently moved to Crowley from Lake Charles, it was a welcomed change from the stories about police officers that have been dominating headlines of late.

'I think it's awesome because we hear so much negative things about our police officers today so I'm happy to say that I've seen something that's a positive image,' she told the network.