One of the most frequent complaints we get here at the newspaper in dealing with the families of victims of crime is that they do not like the way they are treated by the system.

One thing that absolutely drives them up the wall is when they are not notified of an action involving the person convicted of the crime, such as when they are moved, or when they are up for a hearing, or when they are about to be released from prison.

Delaware County went a long way to alleviating that problem yesterday when they joined a special program that allows those families to stay on top of the cases and status of those charged and convicted of these heinous crimes.

It’s about time. Delco is the last county in the region to get on board.

Kim Ferrell knows a little bit about the frustrations of dealing with the system. Her 16-year-old daughter Faith Sinclair was struck and killed by a hit-run driver.

Ferrell did not know that the suspect in the case had been freed on bail on home monitoring until he violated the provisions of his bail and visited a Philadelphia nightclub.

Ferrell now can keep tabs on the man responsible for snuffing out the promising life of her daughter, including knowing when he will leave prison.

She says knowing those things will allow her to go on with her life.

It’s a welcome change for victims of crime in this county.

The program is called PA SAVIN - for Statewide Automated Victim Information Ntification.

Our headline in the print edition called it a 'SAVIN grace.'

Sounds about right.