MPs want stricter vetting of metro police officers after hearing of hundreds of offences that they have been convicted of, including attempted murder, corruption and bribery. When police portfolio committee members discussed the relationship between the SA Police Service and metro police departments yesterday criminal cases against the metro police were put in the spotlight.Freedom Front Plus MP Pieter Groenewald asked metro police chiefs if they used "pyschometric tests" in the assessment of their officers.He cited the case of an eThekwini metro cop who stopped a motorist and told him that he was speeding."The officer asked for a bribe. The victim did not have money and produced a camera instead. The officer thought he was being photographed and shot the victim," said Groenewald.He said this was the attitude of most metro cops."I've experienced it myself, especially at the airport. If you stop there to take your bag . they say to you: 'What are you waiting for?'"It's the attitude that says: 'I'm an officer with the authority to arrest you.'"Not everyone has the personality to be a metro police member," said Groenewald.Committee chairman Francois Beukman said the bribery problem was known to everyone. Metro councils "must ensure there are vetting policies in place and ensure lifestyle audits take place", he said.NFP MP Ahmed Shaik Emam said he was "shocked" at the number of Independent Police Investigative Directorate cases in Western Cape.Acting Ipid head Israel Kgamanyane said the directorate was dealing with 195 metro police cases. Top of the list was assault, followed by the discharging of firearms.Ekurhuleni metro police chief Bafana Mahlabe said metro police were acting on OR Tambo Airport corruption cases."I've appointed a commander previously removed because there were instances of members complaining about [him] because he was strict in [adhering to] the law."..