'Disables monitoring of group metrics for the Auto Scaling group
specified in AutoScalingGroupName. You can specify the list of affected
metrics with the Metrics parameter.'

def disable_metrics_collection(self, as_group, metrics=None):

    params = {'AutoScalingGroupName': as_group}
    if metrics:
        self.build_list_params(params, metrics, 'Metrics')
    return self.get_status('DisableMetricsCollection', params)
